FilmJane Austen Wrecked My Life director Laura Piani: ‘I didn’t want to do a film about a woman who is saved by a man’The French director’s Austen-influenced romcom with a clever spin was inspired by a stint working at Paris bookshop Shakespeare and CompanyBy Tara BradyThu Jun 12 2025 - 05:14
TV & RadioUncharted with Ray Goggins: Once Joe Canning thaws this tropical thrill ride is a fine full stop to a rewarding seriesTelevision: Hurler Canning and athlete Thomas Barr prove unusually personable by sports star standardsBy Ed PowerWed Jun 11 2025 - 22:35
Subscriber OnlyInside the Stargazer’s Palace by Violet Moller: A front seat at the birth of scienceThe author draws a broader picture that examines not only well-known individuals but also the wider culture
MusicBrian Wilson: Death of towering figure closes a chapter in music historyAs the tortured visionary behind The Beach Boys, Wilson helped shape the world we live in today
MusicBrian Wilson, Beach Boys musician and pop visionary, dies aged 82Musician wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
Maybe we shouldn’t be quite so smug about Trump’s tariffsUnthinkable: Moral superiority in Ireland over ‘populist’ uprisings in the US and UK ignores how we’ve become slaves to global capitalBy Joe Humphreys
Brian Wilson: Death of towering figure closes a chapter in music historyAs the tortured visionary behind The Beach Boys, Wilson helped shape the world we live in todayBy Ed Power
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys musician and pop visionary, dies aged 82Musician wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
Pulp at 3Arena review: Jarvis Cocker, storyteller in corduroy, builds to a glorious climaxIn Dublin on Tuesday, new songs combine with old hits to make for a night both poignant and celebratoryBy Laura Slattery
Slowdive at In the Meadows review: Forget Oasis, this sonic supernova is the perfect 1990s comebackAlternative-pop underdogs produce a wondrous serving of balmy space-popBy Ed Power
Iggy Pop at In the Meadows review: Old-school rock has rarely felt so timeless and incendiaryThere is never a hint of nostalgia throughout a turn that feels powerfully rooted in the here and nowBy Ed Power
Gilla Band at In the Meadows review: Musical Marmite from Ireland’s own Velvet UndergroundThe listener experiences a sort of indie-rock Stations of the Cross through the band’s brutally uncompromising performanceBy Ed Power
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life director Laura Piani: ‘I didn’t want to do a film about a woman who is saved by a man’The French director’s Austen-influenced romcom with a clever spin was inspired by a stint working at Paris bookshop Shakespeare and CompanyBy Tara Brady
How to Train Your Dragon star Mason Thames: ‘My driver, Niall, would tell me the craziest stories about growing up in Belfast’The young Texan actor got daily history lessons about Northern Ireland while making what’s set to be one of the summer’s biggest filmsBy Donald Clarke
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Sparky dialogue and hearty comedy carry this lovely, mischievous film By Donald Clarke
Tornado review: A singular, if rarely easy, watch about double-crossing rogues on the rampage By Tara Brady
Inside the Stargazer’s Palace by Violet Moller: A front seat at the birth of scienceThe author draws a broader picture that examines not only well-known individuals but also the wider cultureBy Rachel Ashcroft
Did nobody actually read this book before it went to print?: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongThe publisher’s blurb praises Vuong’s ‘syntactical dexterity’, which must be an in-house jokeBy Kevin Power
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Once Joe Canning thaws this tropical thrill ride is a fine full stop to a rewarding seriesTelevision: Hurler Canning and athlete Thomas Barr prove unusually personable by sports star standardsBy Ed Power
Ed Sheeran has as much right to call himself Irish as The Pogues or The SmithsTelevision: What could be more Irish than a singer with a guitar emoting from the bottom of their boots?By Ed Power
Love Island review: Even with two Irish hopefuls in the villa I’m ready to pack my bags and head homeTelevision: This year’s lineup is a likeable but pretty unspectacular bunch, lacking in ‘look at me’ reality TV energyBy Ed Power
From that Small Island review: Colin Farrell sounds in pain, as if he pressed on despite urgently needing the looTelevision: RTÉ documentary feels more like a dry academic exercise than something intended to bring history alive for viewersBy Ed Power
The Black Wolfe Tone review: A heavy-on-the-pedal psychodramaKwaku Fortune, in his stage-writing debut, plays a frustrated young man admitted to a psychiatric institutionBy Chris McCormack
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2025: Vocally sure singing, but has a revamp muted Britten’s orchestral magic?Review: Lismore Castle’s stage area has been transformed, but accompanying changes may not be idealBy Michael Dervan
12 must-see artworks at the RHA Annual Exhibition 2025Along with greater recognition for women artists, there is a joyful exuberance at this year’s Annual not seen since before the Covid pandemicBy Gemma Tipton
Lee Kit: Porn review – An installation that compels you to stay and sit with it a while longerThe Hong Kong-born, Taiwan-based artist creates quietly charged site-specific environmentsBy Tom Lordan
