The One Direction alumnus knows what he’s good at. This spectacularly unspectacular LP feels rooted in a genuinely optimistic world view

Television: Javier Bardem gets stuck into this script like an unhinged panto-dame, his histrionics leaving his fellow cast – including Amy Adams – at a loss

Moving and singing like a Gen Z Britney Spears, few other artists make putting on a show for your fans feel like such uncomplicated fun

Television: Jeremy Clarkson has so thoroughly cuddly-ified himself that it is bracing to recall he was once the most controversial man in Britain

A postcard from Paul McCartney to his younger self, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a fine addition to his canon

Television: This gripping documentary paints a sobering portrait of 21st-century despotism: suited, booted and ready for its close-up

Television: Tina Fey is the best thing here, and even she always seems just one eye-roll away from shrugging her shoulders and exiting

Patrick Gibson, a former Gonzaga and Trinity College student, plays a grounded young Bond in a new video game

At Vicar Street, Brian and Michael D’Addario narrow the gap between 2026 and 1966 to the point where it’s hard to spot the difference

Review: Slick, brisk Dublin concert features Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) and Ride Like the Wind, among other yacht-rock classics

Let’s face it, many will watch this for the sheer pleasure of witnessing England lose – not once or twice, but thrice

Taylor Swift’s superstar producer makes his own music with Bleachers. On their new album, Everyone for Ten Minutes, he weighs up the impact of celebrity

The K-pop group, who racked up more than 30 billion views on TikTok in 2025, kick off their tour of Europe and North America in Ireland

The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship, both bombastically bereft and compelling company

Television: At a time when sport on TV feels like a covert way to advertise betting websites and beer there’s something hugely refreshing about this