That long-missing TV buzz is back thanks to two bona fide Christmas blockbustersGeorge Clooney’s In the Midnight Sky and Jamie Foxx’s turn in Soul will have us curling up together on the couch againSat Dec 12 2020 - 07:00
A live performance beats livestreaming every timeThe continual threat of lockdown makes planning very difficult for the artsSat Nov 28 2020 - 05:00
Artists shouldn’t hold their breath for a universal basic incomeA report from the taskforce for the arts has a Christmas wish-list of recommendationsSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
RTÉ is the place Irish comedy goes to dieThe broadcaster tends towards mediocrity and self-satisfaction, not humourSat Nov 14 2020 - 05:00
The 20th century US was a young place. Now it looks oldAmerica at the Crossroads: The two presidential candidates have a combined age of 151Sat Oct 31 2020 - 06:05
Cardi B and Jon Bon Jovi in a tough contest for ill-educated narcissist of the weekThis week, Cardi B annoyed Azerbaijan, and Jon Bon Jovi irked the Orange OrderSat Oct 10 2020 - 05:00
There is a randomness to the way Covid-19 affects some places more than othersThat is a nightmare for anyone trying to put on an event such as a festivalSat Oct 03 2020 - 07:00
Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump: ‘A mediocre impression and possibly a great performance’Critics expect US president to hate actor’s take in The Comey Rule. But he did it anywayFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:47
Voice of arts and entertainment industry growing louder and more urgentNext budget needs to include huge supports for a sector brought to its knees by Covid-19Sat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
Where Is George Gibney? raises the podcast bar but how to measure it?Everyone is listening to podcasts but their viability is threatened by lack of listener dataSat Sept 05 2020 - 07:00
Post-lockdown world: Will the Government step in or let the market dictate recovery?The notion of a re-set world is thought-provoking. Change, good and bad, is comingSat Aug 29 2020 - 07:00
Catherine Martin has become the Minister for Shutting Things DownYet she appears not to have been fully involved in agreeing new restrictions on gatheringsSat Aug 22 2020 - 05:00
We need a clear message from Government on how to live alongside Covid-19The phased timetable has outlived its usefulness, but the new approach has hazardsSat Aug 15 2020 - 07:00
Marie Mullen to lead Lady Gregory cast as Druid returns to live theatreDruidGregory begins a 15-venue tour at Coole Park, the writer’s Galway estate, next monthWed Aug 12 2020 - 09:00
Lifting the lid on paid-for politicsDoes weak UK regulation allow influential think tanks to peddle the interests of anonymous donors?Sat Aug 08 2020 - 06:00
Is it not time we celebrate Ireland and Britain’s closely intertwined culture?We should support Laura Whitmore’s freedom to appear on whatever podcast she pleasesSat Aug 08 2020 - 05:00
Galway International Arts Festival: Like a phoenix from the flamesDespite Covid-19, key elements from the summer line-up are ready for an autumn showingTue Aug 04 2020 - 05:00
Shelbourne statues: Will we ever see them on St Stephen’s Green again?It would be regrettable if we found new reasons in the 21st century to destroy what’s left of old DublinSat Aug 01 2020 - 07:00
How will the coronavirus era be captured by creative artists in the years ahead?Right now, someone, somewhere is surely working on the first great work of Covid artSat Jul 25 2020 - 05:00
Guardian axing its popular Saturday supplements is an odd decisionIt has often seemed as if company wanted to accelerate demise of print so it could become purely digital as soon as possibleSat Jul 18 2020 - 07:00
When the applause is online, how can we judge the performance?In the midst of a vast social, political and cultural experiment, we need all the data we can getSat Jun 27 2020 - 07:00
‘The word fascist is perfectly accurate when applied to Donald Trump’The writer Masha Gessen sees parallels between the US and Russia under PutinWed Jun 24 2020 - 05:00
Art events and artists are facing a brutal Covid-19 realityThe recovery of the sector may take until 2025 if nothing is done to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19Sat Jun 20 2020 - 05:00
Arts ‘need €30m survival fund’ as sector set to shrink by 35% and knock €250m off GDPExpert advisory group urges Government to act immediately to avoid slow, four-year recoveryFri Jun 19 2020 - 11:48
Dublin Theatre Festival announces ‘reimagined’ plans for SeptemberWexford Opera Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival also announce alternative eventsFri Jun 19 2020 - 09:30
Why George Floyd’s violent death has moved young Irish peopleIssues around race and social justice are increasingly important in Ireland tooSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
Government must take action to prevent total wipeout of arts and cultureAs the country reopens, cultural events will be last to come back – if they come back at allSat May 30 2020 - 05:00
To work on TV, Normal People had to differ from the bookInevitably and rightly, the TV series is softer in tone than Sally Rooney’s novelSun May 24 2020 - 11:28
Late-20th century male authors and the way they might look at youA story about Philip Roth leering at ‘colleens’ in Dublin exposes a Neanderthal attitudeSat May 16 2020 - 07:00
Electric Picnic 2020 falls victim to coronavirus pandemicRefunds now available but ticket holders advised they can be retained for use in 2021Mon May 11 2020 - 18:55
Computer love: Kraftwerk’s motorik beat was powered by a human heartFlorian Schneider’s death is a reminder of how influential – and emotional – their music wasSat May 09 2020 - 05:00
Normal People reminds us that young adults have lost the most during lockdownThe Abbey’s Dear Ireland shows how artists can bring a valuable insight to current eventsSat May 02 2020 - 05:00
Aimlessly walking within 2km of home, am I now a flâneur?The French term for an urban wanderer has new relevance under Covid-19 restrictionsTue Apr 28 2020 - 12:50
The former prince of the Nazi regime, who still defends his fatherPhilippe Sands tells the tale of a leading Nazi whose son denies his father’s criminalitySun Apr 26 2020 - 07:00
Edna O’Brien and Brendan Gleeson sign up for Abbey’s Dear Ireland projectTheatre asks writers to create monologues for 50 performers, to premiere online this monthWed Apr 15 2020 - 11:00
Arts Council’s role is now to provide income continuance and business survivalThe Covid-19 crisis has put millions of independent artists and small companies around the world under existential threatSat Apr 11 2020 - 05:00
The biggest broadcasters are home YouTubers nowIsolation has opened our eyes to how easy it now is to communicate in sound and vision with distant workmates, family and friendsSat Apr 04 2020 - 07:00
Bravo! The winners of the 23rd Irish Times Irish Theatre AwardsCelebrating drama in a crisis: awards reflect remarkable work produced by Irish theatre and opera companiesSat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00
Cultural landscape on the other side of the pandemic will be very differentSo many festivals and gigs have been cancelled, while the future for theatres, music venues, galleries and cinemas is uncertainSat Mar 28 2020 - 07:00
Coronavirus: Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards ceremony cancelledIrish Times managing director expresses hope event might be held at later dateTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:00
Cultural endeavour mutates to survive this weird new worldCoronavirus will profoundly damage the arts but new creative spaces will also openSat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00
Architecture must be built in as more than an outhouse of cultureIrish triumph in Pritzker prize should draw attention to a neglected, crucial artformSat Mar 07 2020 - 07:00
‘Aging, comfortable and stuck’: what happens culture when society gets old?The hollowing out of the youth-oriented music industry is a harbinger of things to comeSat Feb 29 2020 - 07:00
Artists understand the desire for political change better than mostThe key issues driving the vote for change are in lockstep with the problems facing artistsSat Feb 22 2020 - 07:00
Anne Enright: ‘As a writer, your problems are your solutions’Her new work, Actress, is about a mother-daughter relationship in bohemian DublinSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:15
How Europe's other Capital of Culture became an art-fascist stateA century ago, Rijeka was taken over by a poet who declared himself dictatorSat Jan 18 2020 - 15:34
Why did Irish Water splash out €800k on a TV documentary?With its eye-watering budget, The Story of Water takes ‘native content’ to a new levelSat Jan 11 2020 - 07:00
Marian Finucane: A pioneering voice in Irish broadcastingWith a career spanning almost five decades, the radio presenter was at the vanguard of media and social changeFri Jan 03 2020 - 05:36
An Appreciation: Fiachra Ó MarcaighPioneering journalist in new technology who was immersed in the Irish languageSun Dec 15 2019 - 19:00
Clint Eastwood’s film tells a lie, but shows us the true ClintIn the film, a real-life female journalist sleeps with a source. There’s no evidence it happenedSat Dec 14 2019 - 08:00
