Alfred Hitchcock
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Minnesota Vikings’ new glass-plated stadium is a ‘death trap’ for birds
- Other Sports
- February 28, 2017, 17:28
The US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, which opened last June and cost more than $1 billion (€940 million) of mostly taxpayer money, is beautiful, large,(...)

Don’t call Trump a gaslighter: he’s just an inveterate liar
- Culture
- January 21, 2017, 06:00
Don’t worry. This is not another column about Donald Trump. But you’ve already spotted his name in it? You sense an argument involving the new preside(...)

Tippi Hedren says Alfred Hitchcock sexually assaulted her
- Film
- October 31, 2016, 15:27
Tippi Hedren has revealed how Alfred Hitchcock allegedly sexually assaulted her while they were working on the films The Birds and Marnie. The actor (...)

San Sebastian: Basque in the culture
- Europe
- September 17, 2016, 03:00
Beautiful and creative but marked by a troubled past, San Sebastian in northern Spain could be – aptly enough for this city in thrall to film – a crea(...)

2016: The 50 best films on Netflix
- Film
- July 29, 2016, 12:30
A few years ago, we published a guide to the best films available on Netflix. It proved to be one of our most popular stories ever. Since then many n(...)

From Bram to Brooklyn: 10 great films adapted from Irish literature
- Film
- February 24, 2016, 06:00
Even the doziest domestic observer will have noticed that Irish cinema is passing through an unprecedented period of fecundity. Others are blowing ou(...)

Ennio Morricone, Sergio Leone and the elusive Oscar
- Film
- February 13, 2016, 05:00
Ennio Morricone is a member of a club to which no film professional wishes to belong. Like Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant and Peter O’Toole, the singula(...)

Early state of chassis: €280,000 for ‘Juno and the Paycock’ draft
- Books
- December 2, 2015, 08:13
A handwritten draft of Seán O’Casey’s play Juno and the Paycock has been valued at up to $300,000 (€280,000) ahead of an auction in New York on Friday(...)

Muscular chamber orchestra delivers Brahms without the dadbod
- Music
- November 11, 2015, 01:00
Thursday last brought the addition of a list of words to the Collins online dictionary. And that evening’s NCH concert by the Swedish Chamber Orche(...)

Maureen O’Hara: the exotic cinema star from Ranelagh
- Film
- October 24, 2015, 20:10
It may seem odd to describe a middle-class lady from Ranelagh in the following terms, but, with the death of Maureen O’Hara at 95, cinema has lost a o(...)