Subscriber OnlyPeggy Seeger: ‘I met Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. He came for my autograph’The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folkBy Ed PowerWed Jan 15 2025 - 05:15
MusicThe Bob Dylan Music Quiz: Which song has Dylan performed the most?To tie in with the release of the new biopic A Complete Unknown, a quiz on all things Bob DylanBy Tony Clayton-LeaWed Jan 15 2025 - 05:00
Subscriber OnlySci-fi and fantasy round-up: Watch out for a weird time-travelling mother and a half-human, half-mosquito anti-heroineNew novels by Nnedi Okorafor, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elly Griffiths, Makana Yamamoto and Michel Neva
FilmLA fires: I’ve watched movies and TV destroy my hometown for years. Nothing can prepare you for seeing real devastationOn screen, Los Angeles has endured meteor strikes, alien invasions and Sharknados. Now it’s starring in an all-too-real disaster story
TV & RadioSilent Witness review: Cosy crime drama delivers plenty of killer blowsTelevision: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable world
When it comes to clutter are you more like Michael D Higgins or minimalist Marie Kondo?Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematicBy Joe Humphreys
Peggy Seeger: ‘I met Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. He came for my autograph’The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folkBy Ed Power
Lyle Lovett: ‘I’ve never enjoyed anything more than being my children’s dad’The singer is loving his relatively newfound role as a father, which began at the age of 59By Siobhán Long
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown soundtrack review – In what world does this Dylanless Bob Dylan album make sense? By Ed Power
Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville – Spasmodic shot of art rock walks the tightrope between high culture and backstreet scuzz By Ed Power
One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish ChristmasIan Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noiseBy Ed Power
LA fires: I’ve watched movies and TV destroy my hometown for years. Nothing can prepare you for seeing real devastationOn screen, Los Angeles has endured meteor strikes, alien invasions and Sharknados. Now it’s starring in an all-too-real disaster storyBy Alexis Soloski
Kneecap film and Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These lead Ifta nominationsIrish Film and Television Academy awards: Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among other nomineesBy Donald Clarke
The Girl with the Needle review: Splendid but sombre serial-killer-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups By Tara Brady
The Damned review: Chilly horror powered along by suspicion, atmospherics and an unforgettable landscape By Tara Brady
Sci-fi and fantasy round-up: Watch out for a weird time-travelling mother and a half-human, half-mosquito anti-heroineNew novels by Nnedi Okorafor, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elly Griffiths, Makana Yamamoto and Michel NevaBy Declan Burke
Dublin Literary Award 2025: Seven Irish authors on longlist for €100,000 prizeIrish authors Paul Lynch, Colin Barrett, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson and Nuala O’Connor also among 71 nominees for €100,000 fiction prizeBy Martin Doyle
Silent Witness review: Cosy crime drama delivers plenty of killer blowsTelevision: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable worldBy Ed Power
Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attackSlattery was a regular on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You
‘He was my baby, and he died needlessly’: Former child star Rory Sykes dies in LA firesSykes’s mother says ‘all phone lines were down’ and local fire station had ‘no water’By Ellie Iorizzo and Hannah Roberts
Dancing with the Stars review: Waltz by meteorologist Joanna Donnelly in memory of her mother leaves everyone in tearsTelevision: week two of DWTS 2025 sees goosebumps abound and emotions flowBy Ed Power
Madeira: Secrets of Sisters review – Four siblings, three actors and a tale that penetrates emotional barriersTheatre: Two pairs of sisters visited by a moment of reflective clarity gain a new understanding of familyBy Tom Lordan
Abbey Theatre gets €9.5m in strategic funding from Arts Council, €1m more than last yearAlmost €60 million spread across nationwide arts bodiesBy Tim O'Brien
Periodical Review 14: A Language to Shout In - Transformation and deterioration preoccupy Irish contemporary art Visual art: Exhibition features 20 artists selected by guest-curators Miguel Amado and Valeria CereginiBy Tom Lordan
Killarney then and now: Aspects recognisable from when Harry Kernoff painted them in 1943Some of the views Irish artist Harry Aaron Kernoff painted of Killarney while on a cycling trip with Patrick Kavanagh haven’t changed much in more than 70 yearsBy Bryan O'Brien
