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- TV, Radio, Web
- May 28, 2022, 05:00
Chronicler of contemporary society explains battle for dominance over conflicting values
![Piers Morgan and Donald Trump during the much-hyped talkTV interview. Piers Morgan and Donald Trump during the much-hyped talkTV interview.](/polopoly_fs/1.4870313.1651757439!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- May 7, 2022, 07:00
Clickbait headlines are usually more subtle these days, but their effect may be more insidious
![Sean Rainbird, director of the National Gallery of Ireland, in an email urged staff to ‘think carefully before you raise an issue’. Photograph: Naoise Culhane Sean Rainbird, director of the National Gallery of Ireland, in an email urged staff to ‘think carefully before you raise an issue’. Photograph: Naoise Culhane](/polopoly_fs/1.4864421.1651155137!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- April 30, 2022, 07:00
It would be a shame if the National Gallery Aramark controversy failed to prompt debate
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- Culture
- April 23, 2022, 07:00
News last week that the streamer lost subscribers for the first time in a decade resulted in a €50 billion drop in the company’s v(...)
![Nadine Dorries tweeted that public ownership was ‘holding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon’. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Nadine Dorries tweeted that public ownership was ‘holding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon’. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4847205.1649340036!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- April 9, 2022, 07:00
Move to put Channel 4 up for sale symptomatic of something deeply rotten in British politics
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- Culture
- April 2, 2022, 07:00
Meta has embraced tactics developed in the money-soaked cesspool of American partisan politics, whipping up fear wherever it can
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- Culture
- March 26, 2022, 07:00
For years Tommaso Debenedetti has been using Twitter to hoodwink the media with fake stories
![Minister for Culture, Arts and Media Catherine Martin: Over 1,260 responses to a pilot scheme idea from the public, artists and people working in the arts and culture sector have yielded a generally favourable reaction. Photograph: Sam Boal Minister for Culture, Arts and Media Catherine Martin: Over 1,260 responses to a pilot scheme idea from the public, artists and people working in the arts and culture sector have yielded a generally favourable reaction. Photograph: Sam Boal](/polopoly_fs/1.4823565.1646925060!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- March 12, 2022, 07:00
Any system of basic income for artists must give them dignity and breathing space
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- Culture
- March 5, 2022, 07:00
Despite moral imperative to support Ukraine, disinformation is never a one-way street
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- Culture
- February 26, 2022, 07:00
A production of Into the Woods in Belfast was suspended because of bad audience behaviour
![Rosemary Jenkinson: The implication of publisher Doire’s position is that if you aggravate your literary peers you therefore undermine your appeal to potential readers. Rosemary Jenkinson: The implication of publisher Doire’s position is that if you aggravate your literary peers you therefore undermine your appeal to potential readers.](/polopoly_fs/1.4805322.1645109506!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- February 19, 2022, 07:00
Rosemary Jenkinson's article may have offended some of her fellow writers. So what?
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- Culture
- February 12, 2022, 07:00
For Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends the crew, like many others, went North
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- Stage
- February 5, 2022, 07:00
The first in-person Irish Times Theatre Awards since 2019 will be a celebration of resilience
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- Culture
- January 28, 2022, 13:00
Singer remains an admirable contrarian, but hasn’t troubled the charts in decades
![Being Bono in Dublin, one imagines, must be a unique sort of experience. All the more credit to him for sticking around. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Being Bono in Dublin, one imagines, must be a unique sort of experience. All the more credit to him for sticking around. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4781533.1642691337!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- January 22, 2022, 07:00
The band’s awareness of their own ridiculousness has long been part of their appeal
![Johann Hari. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Johann Hari. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4775650.1642084719!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- January 15, 2022, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: The disgraced journalist’s book Stolen Focus is light on scientific rigour
![Jeremy Strong: Michael Schulman’s New Yorker article paints him as a humourless, slightly ludicrous figure whose behaviour on set can be infuriating for fellow actors. Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Jeremy Strong: Michael Schulman’s New Yorker article paints him as a humourless, slightly ludicrous figure whose behaviour on set can be infuriating for fellow actors. Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4757098.1639666368!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- December 18, 2021, 07:00
A scornful profile of Succession’s Jeremy Strong reminds personality is built on flaws
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- Culture
- December 11, 2021, 07:00
Streaming opens up new worlds to us but it’s hard not to feel something has been lost
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- Culture
- December 4, 2021, 07:00
Writers and artists were keen to pay court when the politician was in his pomp
![Action comedy Red Notice is the most watched English-language film on Netflix at the moment. Action comedy Red Notice is the most watched English-language film on Netflix at the moment.](/polopoly_fs/1.4732343.1637244074!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 20, 2021, 07:00
Streaming service’s new top 10 lists offer some insight but should we really care?
![Dublin Corporation’s housing architect Herbert Simms, whose internationalist legacy is still visible across Dublin Dublin Corporation’s housing architect Herbert Simms, whose internationalist legacy is still visible across Dublin](/polopoly_fs/1.4725912.1636642733!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Art & Design
- November 13, 2021, 07:00
Why has the capital been so ill-served by its officials? A reprinted book may hold a clue
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- TV, Radio, Web
- October 30, 2021, 07:00
From The Sopranos to Succession, good title sequences set the TV tone in a way little else can
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- TV, Radio, Web
- October 23, 2021, 05:00
Netflix’s dystopian drama series shows originality can still trump franchise power
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- Culture
- October 16, 2021, 00:06
The 92-year-old author on US foreign policy and Ireland’s immoral tax regime
![Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4693906.1633614524!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- October 9, 2021, 05:00
National Campaign for the Arts has a long Budget 2022 wishlist - it will be disappointed
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- Culture
- October 2, 2021, 07:00
With two major new stage productions, and a Joel Coen film, it’s the Bard’s biggest hit
![In 1937, the Constitution established the name of this country as Éire in Irish and Ireland in English. Photograph: Niall Carroll In 1937, the Constitution established the name of this country as Éire in Irish and Ireland in English. Photograph: Niall Carroll](/polopoly_fs/1.4681917.1632402515!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- September 25, 2021, 06:00
The Constitution is clear: the country’s name is Éire in Irish or Ireland in English
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- Visual Art
- September 25, 2021, 05:00
People like colourised photos but experts worry about tampering with history
![Minister for Tourism, Culture and Arts Catherine Martin at the unveiling of the night-time economy taskforce’s report. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland Minister for Tourism, Culture and Arts Catherine Martin at the unveiling of the night-time economy taskforce’s report. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland](/polopoly_fs/1.4675948.1631796735!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- September 18, 2021, 07:00
Catherine Martin should take note on why attempts to change licensing laws failed before
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- TV, Radio, Web
- September 11, 2021, 07:00
Perhaps you shouldn't believe everything you've heard about disinformation
![The World Trade Center burns in a scene from the 1998 film Armageddon The World Trade Center burns in a scene from the 1998 film Armageddon](/polopoly_fs/1.4663197.1630756199!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- September 4, 2021, 05:00
It’s not hard to draw a line from Armageddon to al-Qaeda to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
![Billie Eilish. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Billie Eilish. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4662300.1630515986!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Music
- September 2, 2021, 06:00
Musicians to return to the stage for the first time in 18 months as Ireland’s venues reopen
![Limerick fans celebrates at the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Photograph: Tom Honan Limerick fans celebrates at the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Photograph: Tom Honan](/polopoly_fs/1.4656917.1629982221!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 28, 2021, 07:00
More people can mix in a pub than are permitted to sit distanced in large venues
![The 8th is an independently-produced documentary feature intended for cinema release and subsequent sale to broadcasters. The 8th is an independently-produced documentary feature intended for cinema release and subsequent sale to broadcasters.](/polopoly_fs/1.4645512.1628775163!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 14, 2021, 07:00
Regulations on balance in current affairs can't reflect complexity of documentaries and dramas
![Dublin Theatre Festival director Willie White: We were cautious with the number of international projects and couldn’t really invite anything large-scale. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Dublin Theatre Festival director Willie White: We were cautious with the number of international projects and couldn’t really invite anything large-scale. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4643740.1628596637!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Stage
- August 14, 2021, 05:00
Festival director Willie White emphasises the positives as audiences return to theatres
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- Stage
- August 11, 2021, 08:00
Numbers in venues restricted to 50 pending Government decisions on Covid-19 measures
![Most professional publishers conform to a set of common rules of grammar and accepted usage. Punctuation and sentence structure are expected to follow these conventions. In their absence, clarity is lost and confusion is inevitable. Photograph: Getty Images Most professional publishers conform to a set of common rules of grammar and accepted usage. Punctuation and sentence structure are expected to follow these conventions. In their absence, clarity is lost and confusion is inevitable. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4639750.1628171300!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- August 7, 2021, 07:00
There’s a rich choice of creative writing courses, but precious few places to learn the basics
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- Visual Art
- July 31, 2021, 07:00
Ideological narrowness of 30th anniversary line-up emphasises contradictions of museum
![Stevie Wonder performs at the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 Stevie Wonder performs at the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969](/polopoly_fs/1.4627708.1626958270!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Music
- July 24, 2021, 05:00
Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 featured a line-up of hugely influential black artists
![The main entrance at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. Photograph: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber The main entrance at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. Photograph: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber](/polopoly_fs/1.4621457.1626357013!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Heritage
- July 17, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: There may be times when the lessons of the genocidal past are worth recalling, but not this time Mattie McGrath
![‘Green Party leader Eamon Ryan had to execute an inelegant swerve after telling RTÉ that vaccine passes were a bad idea for reasons of social cohesion.’ Photograph: Getty Images ‘Green Party leader Eamon Ryan had to execute an inelegant swerve after telling RTÉ that vaccine passes were a bad idea for reasons of social cohesion.’ Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4615018.1625753291!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- July 10, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Our conservative approach to pandemic challenges may increasingly cause issues
![US president Joe Biden. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty US president Joe Biden. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4608960.1625146153!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- July 3, 2021, 06:00
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist on why Biden can succeed where Obama did not
![James Vincent McMorrow on stage at the Iveagh Gardens on June 10th. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times James Vincent McMorrow on stage at the Iveagh Gardens on June 10th. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4596251.1623937323!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- June 19, 2021, 07:00
A recent Iveagh Gardens gig looked nice but gave no data for returning to normality
![Writer Maureen Dowd speaks onstage during Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in 2017. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Writer Maureen Dowd speaks onstage during Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in 2017. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4596063.1623925629!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- June 19, 2021, 06:00
Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town
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- Film
- June 12, 2021, 07:00
If the producer is Irish, does that make it an Irish film?
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- Books
- June 6, 2021, 06:00
The perception that 2020 was unprecedented is inaccurate, says Niall Ferguson
![The argument that garish colours make safer vehicles seems to be at the heart of why buses look the way they do these days. The argument that garish colours make safer vehicles seems to be at the heart of why buses look the way they do these days.](/polopoly_fs/1.4583217.1622726644!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Art & Design
- June 5, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Watch out for Dublin Bus and its wince-making new colour scheme
![Alan Parker with the cast of The Commitments in 1991 Alan Parker with the cast of The Commitments in 1991](/polopoly_fs/1.4576942.1622123199!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- May 29, 2021, 07:00
A British director, an Irish cast and an African-American soundtrack – but it worked
![A newspaper vendor in Dublin, June 1955. Photograph: Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty A newspaper vendor in Dublin, June 1955. Photograph: Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4570568.1621519160!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 22, 2021, 07:00
Print editions are still part of the industry’s survival – but who knows for how long
![Electric Picnic in 2018: Confidence is growing that a return to such live events is imminent. Photograph: Dave Meehan Electric Picnic in 2018: Confidence is growing that a return to such live events is imminent. Photograph: Dave Meehan](/polopoly_fs/1.4564180.1620910757!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Music
- May 15, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Pilot events in UK are promising but will Government underwrite the risk?
![Stephen Rea and (reflected) Judith Roddy in The Visiting Hour by Frank McGuinness, ‘streaming from the Gate auditorium’. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh Stephen Rea and (reflected) Judith Roddy in The Visiting Hour by Frank McGuinness, ‘streaming from the Gate auditorium’. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh](/polopoly_fs/1.4557074.1620290647!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Stage
- May 8, 2021, 07:00
Does it matter whether online performances are recorded or live?
![Unaligned speculation: ITV’s political editor Robert Peston. Photograph: ITV Unaligned speculation: ITV’s political editor Robert Peston. Photograph: ITV](/polopoly_fs/1.4551298.1619703751!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- May 1, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: ITV’s political editor inadvertently raised a meaningful question about the North
![The former City Arts Centre on Dublin’s City Quay is priced at €35 million by its current American owners. Photograph: Aidan Crawley The former City Arts Centre on Dublin’s City Quay is priced at €35 million by its current American owners. Photograph: Aidan Crawley](/polopoly_fs/1.4544796.1619100279!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- April 24, 2021, 05:00
Hugh Linehan: The City Arts Centre was once a reservoir for the quirky, the creative, the insurgent
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- Music
- April 17, 2021, 07:00
It seems like madness, but being in a Zoom choir with my work colleagues is quite uplifting
![The last Irish film censor, John Kelleher, who was instrumental in seeing through legislative reform in 2008. Photograph: Eric Luke The last Irish film censor, John Kelleher, who was instrumental in seeing through legislative reform in 2008. Photograph: Eric Luke](/polopoly_fs/1.4532121.1617887970!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- April 10, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Why should we classify DVDs and cinema releases but not Netflix?
![The Gate Theatre in Dublin. The Gate Theatre in Dublin.](/polopoly_fs/1.4526326.1617287982!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- April 3, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Pandemic has helped highlight existing shifts in cultural production
![John Charles McQuaid, papal nuncio Paschal Robinson and Éamon de Valera in 1932 John Charles McQuaid, papal nuncio Paschal Robinson and Éamon de Valera in 1932](/polopoly_fs/1.4520076.1616881155!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- March 27, 2021, 05:00
Perhaps the sacred and the secular are not as diametrically opposed as is often assumed
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- TV, Radio, Web
- March 20, 2021, 07:00
Linking performance of articles to journalists’ salaries seems unfair, but it is not a new idea
![Pepe Le Pew: Something definitely smells a bit off Pepe Le Pew: Something definitely smells a bit off](/polopoly_fs/1.4507744.1615475632!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- March 13, 2021, 07:00
Time to bid adieu, not au revoir, to the Looney Tunes character
![This country’s weak regulations on media monopolies were exposed when Denis O’Brien added control of Ireland’s biggest newspaper company to his ownership of Ireland’s largest private radio company. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times This country’s weak regulations on media monopolies were exposed when Denis O’Brien added control of Ireland’s biggest newspaper company to his ownership of Ireland’s largest private radio company. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4501287.1614966001!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 7, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: The era of moguls has run its course; European conglomerates have arrived
![The late Saudi journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi: His murder is the subject of The Dissident. The late Saudi journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi: His murder is the subject of The Dissident.](/polopoly_fs/1.4500159.1614979572!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- March 6, 2021, 13:40
Bryan Fogel discusses his ‘true-crime documentary’ The Dissident about the journalist
![The Lone Ranger and Tonto in happier times The Lone Ranger and Tonto in happier times](/polopoly_fs/1.4495055.1614415434!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 27, 2021, 07:00
Who is the ‘we’ that is invoked in lifestyle, entertainment and opinion pieces?
![Facebook slapped a blanket ban on links to all Australian news sites in response to the government’s plans to charge for links. Photograph: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Facebook slapped a blanket ban on links to all Australian news sites in response to the government’s plans to charge for links. Photograph: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg](/polopoly_fs/1.4488615.1613657160!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 20, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Suddenly, 2021 feels a lot like 2012 all over again
![Independent TD Michael McNamara: Who’s doing the witch-burning? Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Independent TD Michael McNamara: Who’s doing the witch-burning? Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4482230.1613055036!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 13, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: Outlets have been accused of excessive coverage and parroting the official line
![Tribes of Europa lands on Netflix on February 19th Tribes of Europa lands on Netflix on February 19th](/polopoly_fs/1.4476133.1612446656!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 6, 2021, 07:00
Films, books and television often get the future right, writes Hugh Linehan
![Over the years Brendan O’Connor has dialled down the sardonic sneer [...] and he’s now an empathetic interviewer who wears his knowledge of books, culture and history lightly. Photograph: Kinlan Photography Over the years Brendan O’Connor has dialled down the sardonic sneer [...] and he’s now an empathetic interviewer who wears his knowledge of books, culture and history lightly. Photograph: Kinlan Photography](/polopoly_fs/1.4464393.1611243717!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 23, 2021, 07:00
The new presenters’ life experiences are more in tune with those of listeners
![The self-indulgent incoherence of David Fincher’s Mank, with Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz, Arliss Howard as Louis B Mayer and Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiewicz. Photograph: Netflix The self-indulgent incoherence of David Fincher’s Mank, with Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz, Arliss Howard as Louis B Mayer and Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiewicz. Photograph: Netflix](/polopoly_fs/1.4458355.1610634884!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Film
- January 16, 2021, 07:00
Streaming giant Netflix has spent gazillions making movies, with little of quality to show for it
![Waterford Whispers News sketch. Screengrab: RTE Waterford Whispers News sketch. Screengrab: RTE](/polopoly_fs/1.4452444.1610031592!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 9, 2021, 07:00
Hugh Linehan: The New Year’s Eve rape joke was less satire than a failure of imagination
![Owen Roe pictured after winning Best Supporting Actor Award at the The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards last year. Photograph: Aidan Crawley Owen Roe pictured after winning Best Supporting Actor Award at the The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards last year. Photograph: Aidan Crawley](/polopoly_fs/1.4443876.1608646990!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Stage
- December 22, 2020, 12:31
Nominations for each categories in annual awards usually announced in early January
![Melania Trump: Dramatic interest in her has been sporadic and usually confined to parsing the semiotics of her wardrobe. Photograph: Carlos Barria Melania Trump: Dramatic interest in her has been sporadic and usually confined to parsing the semiotics of her wardrobe. Photograph: Carlos Barria](/polopoly_fs/1.4439678.1608216232!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 19, 2020, 07:00
It's all over bar the kicking and screaming, but who's going to make the spin-off?
![Cool viewing: Netflix releases In the Midnight Sky, George Clooney’s post-apocalyptic thriller set in the Arctic, on December 25th Cool viewing: Netflix releases In the Midnight Sky, George Clooney’s post-apocalyptic thriller set in the Arctic, on December 25th](/polopoly_fs/1.4433046.1607611392!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 12, 2020, 07:00
George Clooney’s In the Midnight Sky and Jamie Foxx’s turn in Soul will have us curling up together on the couch again
![Pillow Queens: playing the Other Voices virtual event Pillow Queens: playing the Other Voices virtual event](/polopoly_fs/1.4420408.1606403271!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Music
- November 28, 2020, 05:00
The continual threat of lockdown makes planning very difficult for the arts
![Claire Duignan, chairperson of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, and Minister for Culture and Arts Catherine Martin at the launch of the taskforce’s report last Tuesday. Photograph: Fennell Photography. Claire Duignan, chairperson of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, and Minister for Culture and Arts Catherine Martin at the launch of the taskforce’s report last Tuesday. Photograph: Fennell Photography.](/polopoly_fs/1.4413661.1605790082!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
A report from the taskforce for the arts has a Christmas wish-list of recommendations
![The Den gang have returned for new episodes. Photograph: RTÉ The Den gang have returned for new episodes. Photograph: RTÉ](/polopoly_fs/1.4407559.1605194057!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 14, 2020, 05:00
The broadcaster tends towards mediocrity and self-satisfaction, not humour
![Some critics see The Wizard of Oz as an allegory for the political issues that consumed the US. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Some critics see The Wizard of Oz as an allegory for the political issues that consumed the US. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4392557.1603888003!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- October 31, 2020, 06:05
America at the Crossroads: The two presidential candidates have a combined age of 151
![Cardi B: Blame it on the boogie - and the Armenian estate agent. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Cardi B: Blame it on the boogie - and the Armenian estate agent. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4375754.1602165380!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- October 10, 2020, 05:00
This week, Cardi B annoyed Azerbaijan, and Jon Bon Jovi irked the Orange Order
![DruidGregory at Coole Park marks Druid’s return with a Galway tour until October 17th. Coronavirus leaves all art hanging in the balance. Photograph: Matthew Thompson DruidGregory at Coole Park marks Druid’s return with a Galway tour until October 17th. Coronavirus leaves all art hanging in the balance. Photograph: Matthew Thompson](/polopoly_fs/1.4369523.1601559990!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- October 3, 2020, 07:00
That is a nightmare for anyone trying to put on an event such as a festival
![Brendan Gleeson delivers ‘a mediocre impression and possibly a great performance’ as Donald Trump, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Photograph: Showtime/CBS Brendan Gleeson delivers ‘a mediocre impression and possibly a great performance’ as Donald Trump, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Photograph: Showtime/CBS](/polopoly_fs/1.4363674.1600955143!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 25, 2020, 05:45
Critics expect US president to hate actor’s take in The Comey Rule. But he did it anyway
![Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: both the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) and the Event Production Industry Covid-19 Working Group (Epic) have published their pre-budget submissions. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: both the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) and the Event Production Industry Covid-19 Working Group (Epic) have published their pre-budget submissions. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4357465.1600350521!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- September 19, 2020, 05:00
Next budget needs to include huge supports for a sector brought to its knees by Covid-19
![Former Irish swimming coach George Gibney, the subject of a new BBC Sounds podcast. Photograph: INPHO/Billy Stickland Former Irish swimming coach George Gibney, the subject of a new BBC Sounds podcast. Photograph: INPHO/Billy Stickland](/polopoly_fs/1.4345785.1599139201!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- September 5, 2020, 07:00
Everyone is listening to podcasts but their viability is threatened by lack of listener data
![The urban theorist Richard Florida argued for new forms of urban living. Photograph: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images The urban theorist Richard Florida argued for new forms of urban living. Photograph: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4340256.1598533731!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 29, 2020, 07:00
The notion of a re-set world is thought-provoking. Change, good and bad, is coming
![Minister for Media, Arts, Culture and Sport Catherine Martin: Did she sanity-check Government decisions or was she even consulted? Photograph: Daniel MacDonald Minister for Media, Arts, Culture and Sport Catherine Martin: Did she sanity-check Government decisions or was she even consulted? Photograph: Daniel MacDonald](/polopoly_fs/1.4334918.1597931555!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 22, 2020, 05:00
Yet she appears not to have been fully involved in agreeing new restrictions on gatherings
![Simon Harris’s ‘honest conversation’ suggestion may be a reference to the news media brushfires that keep cropping up around issues such as foreign travel. Photograph: Alan Betson Simon Harris’s ‘honest conversation’ suggestion may be a reference to the news media brushfires that keep cropping up around issues such as foreign travel. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4329486.1597323522!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 15, 2020, 07:00
The phased timetable has outlived its usefulness, but the new approach has hazards
![DruidGregory: Marie Mullen will play Augusta, Lady Gregory DruidGregory: Marie Mullen will play Augusta, Lady Gregory](/polopoly_fs/1.4327447.1597143102!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Stage
- August 12, 2020, 09:00
DruidGregory begins a 15-venue tour at Coole Park, the writer’s Galway estate, next month
![Nigel Farage: his Brexit Party in the UK is a populist movement built around a strong leader which uses the organisational techniques of the internet. Photograph: Getty Images Nigel Farage: his Brexit Party in the UK is a populist movement built around a strong leader which uses the organisational techniques of the internet. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4322807.1596638148!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- August 8, 2020, 06:00
Does weak UK regulation allow influential think tanks to peddle the interests of anonymous donors?
![Presenter Laura Whitmore, who is from Wicklow and lives in London, received vile abuse on social media after posting about being as a guest on The Locker, a British Army-backed podcast, Photograph: ITV Presenter Laura Whitmore, who is from Wicklow and lives in London, received vile abuse on social media after posting about being as a guest on The Locker, a British Army-backed podcast, Photograph: ITV](/polopoly_fs/1.4323811.1596719905!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 8, 2020, 05:00
We should support Laura Whitmore’s freedom to appear on whatever podcast she pleases
![There was no Galway International Arts Festival this summer, but there will be an autumn version for arts enthusiasts. The festival opens on September 3rd with John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion, above. See giaf.ie for details There was no Galway International Arts Festival this summer, but there will be an autumn version for arts enthusiasts. The festival opens on September 3rd with John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion, above. See giaf.ie for details](/polopoly_fs/1.4317675.1596104300!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- August 4, 2020, 05:00
Despite Covid-19, key elements from the summer line-up are ready for an autumn showing
![One of the four statues removed by the Shelbourne Hotel. Photograph: Wiki Commons One of the four statues removed by the Shelbourne Hotel. Photograph: Wiki Commons](/polopoly_fs/1.4317786.1596113965!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Heritage
- August 1, 2020, 07:00
It would be regrettable if we found new reasons in the 21st century to destroy what’s left of old Dublin
![A trip to Dublin Airport this week was a stark reminder that below the apparent normality, strangeness remains everywhere. Photograph: Kate Geraghty A trip to Dublin Airport this week was a stark reminder that below the apparent normality, strangeness remains everywhere. Photograph: Kate Geraghty](/polopoly_fs/1.4311787.1595509344!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- July 25, 2020, 05:00
Right now, someone, somewhere is surely working on the first great work of Covid art
![Guardian says its revenues will be down by more than £25 million this financial year Guardian says its revenues will be down by more than £25 million this financial year](/polopoly_fs/1.4306165.1594904077!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 18, 2020, 07:00
It has often seemed as if company wanted to accelerate demise of print so it could become purely digital as soon as possible
![Lisa Hannigan and Loah performing with Kevin Murphy, left, in the Shaw Room at the National Gallery of Ireland as part of the Other Voices Courage series. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Lisa Hannigan and Loah performing with Kevin Murphy, left, in the Shaw Room at the National Gallery of Ireland as part of the Other Voices Courage series. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4288431.1593094448!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- June 27, 2020, 07:00
In the midst of a vast social, political and cultural experiment, we need all the data we can get
![Masha Gessen: Vladimir Putin’s assault on LGBT+ rights forced the writer and their family to leave Russia for the United States. Photograph: Naima Green/New York Times Masha Gessen: Vladimir Putin’s assault on LGBT+ rights forced the writer and their family to leave Russia for the United States. Photograph: Naima Green/New York Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4287279.1592997881!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- June 24, 2020, 05:00
The writer Masha Gessen sees parallels between the US and Russia under Putin
![Director Lenny Abrahamson contributed to report published by the Arts Council’s Expert Advisory Group. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Director Lenny Abrahamson contributed to report published by the Arts Council’s Expert Advisory Group. Photograph: Cyril Byrne](/polopoly_fs/1.4282482.1592485787!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- June 20, 2020, 05:00
The recovery of the sector may take until 2025 if nothing is done to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19
![Galway International Arts Festival: Covid-19 stopped the event going ahead as planned for the first time in its 43-year-history. Photograph :Andrew Downes/xposure Galway International Arts Festival: Covid-19 stopped the event going ahead as planned for the first time in its 43-year-history. Photograph :Andrew Downes/xposure](/polopoly_fs/1.4283333.1592563650!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- June 19, 2020, 11:48
Expert advisory group urges Government to act immediately to avoid slow, four-year recovery
![From left, Megan McDonnell, Hazel Clifford, Michael Shea, Aoibheann McCann and Holly Hannaway in the Lyric Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival co-production of The Playboy of the Western World which had been due to be part of the festival. Photograph: Mark Stedman From left, Megan McDonnell, Hazel Clifford, Michael Shea, Aoibheann McCann and Holly Hannaway in the Lyric Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival co-production of The Playboy of the Western World which had been due to be part of the festival. Photograph: Mark Stedman](/polopoly_fs/1.4283189.1592551853!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Stage
- June 19, 2020, 09:30
Wexford Opera Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival also announce alternative events
![Work on a Falls Road mural of George Floyd who was murdered by police in Minneapolis. Protests took place across the world, including in Belfast and Dublin. Photograph: Pacemaker Press Work on a Falls Road mural of George Floyd who was murdered by police in Minneapolis. Protests took place across the world, including in Belfast and Dublin. Photograph: Pacemaker Press](/polopoly_fs/1.4270764.1591278280!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- June 6, 2020, 05:00
Issues around race and social justice are increasingly important in Ireland too
![Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan. There is a legitimate fear that when it comes to crunch time in political negotiations and budgetary discussions, high-flown words about the importance of the arts are swiftly forgotten. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan. There is a legitimate fear that when it comes to crunch time in political negotiations and budgetary discussions, high-flown words about the importance of the arts are swiftly forgotten. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4264890.1590673824!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- May 30, 2020, 05:00
As the country reopens, cultural events will be last to come back – if they come back at all
![Out of the ordinary: Daisy Edgar Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell in Normal People. Photograph: Enda Bowe Out of the ordinary: Daisy Edgar Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell in Normal People. Photograph: Enda Bowe](/polopoly_fs/1.4259348.1590069671!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 23, 2020, 05:00
Inevitably and rightly, the TV series is softer in tone than Sally Rooney’s novel
![Author Philip Roth in 1968: The literary lechery of Roth and his ilk was thought to be progressive, but now seems seedy. Photograph: Bob Peterson/The Life Images Collection via Getty Images Author Philip Roth in 1968: The literary lechery of Roth and his ilk was thought to be progressive, but now seems seedy. Photograph: Bob Peterson/The Life Images Collection via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4253472.1589465275!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- May 16, 2020, 07:00
A story about Philip Roth leering at ‘colleens’ in Dublin exposes a Neanderthal attitude
![Electric Picnic 2019. This year almost 70,000 people were expected to attend. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times Electric Picnic 2019. This year almost 70,000 people were expected to attend. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4250595.1589215493!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Music
- May 11, 2020, 17:15
Refunds now available but ticket holders advised they can be retained for use in 2021
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