The Irish Times

Marian Keyes: How I brought my Dad back from the dead (sort of)

‘Dad’s still alive!’ said author’s sister when she read first draft of her new novel

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00

Joanna Scanlan: ‘I felt like an embarrassed child running behind the elite pack’

Actor talks about Footlights, teaching, sage advice from doctor and new film After Love

Sat May 29 2021 - 05:00

Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’

The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life

Fri May 21 2021 - 06:00

Mention of Honor Blackman’s name will bring smiles to faces of movie enthusiasts

‘I never considered myself a sex symbol’, James Bond, The Avengers actor once said

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 19:04

Don’t judge a book by its coverage

Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way

Sat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00

Element Pictures: ‘We’re very ambitious and glass half empty people’

Interview: Element Pictures founders are back from the Oscars ‘fishbowl’ with plans for expansion

Fri Mar 08 2019 - 05:49

Why ‘Venom’, a stupid film about a monster, has killed ‘A Star Is Born’ at the box office

The stinkily reviewed ‘Venom’ proves that the right film at the right time still can sell

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 10:17

Urination once again: when will music festivals achieve peeing equality?

They’re now a meeting point for all sections of society, trying to give all things to all people

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00

Patrick: An agreeable kids’ film about a pugnacious pug

Review: Beattie Edmondson inherits a spoilt pooch in this live-action Disney movie

Fri Jun 29 2018 - 05:00

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:14

Bridget Jones of the Blitz: AJ Pearce’s happy war story

Debut novelist AJ Pearce talks about what inspired her to set her novel ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ during the second World War

Sat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00

‘Any chance of a passport?’ asks the Queen while Lars Von Trier takes on Mrs Brown

Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00

'Demographically, women are going to take over the world quite soon. So, enjoy'

Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female

Sat Mar 04 2017 - 00:00

New Bridget Jones book out in October, Helen Fielding says

‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ will recount the heroine’s ‘bumpy journey into motherhood’

Fri Aug 05 2016 - 12:15

Not Working by Lisa Owens review: a gem of a debut

Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, lovable and flawed, Claire is a super narrator that readers will easily connect with, a smarter Bridget Jones

Sat May 14 2016 - 01:00

So what’s hot and what’s not this week?

We’re confused by the latest iphone but loving Calvin Klein bikinis

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 16:00

What literature makes of the food we eat

There’s more to food than gourmet meals or comfort eating as it permeates our language, literature and daily lives

Tue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00

“Who will be the next female President of Ireland?” - it’s Question Time on The Women’s Podcast

This Saturday, marks 25 years since Mary Robinson was elected president. Which woman will be next?

Tue Nov 03 2015 - 07:00

Jennifer O’Connell: Worried about gun violence? Have a lollipop

There are many things I love about living in the US, but my children having to do a drill ‘in case a crazy person ever breaks into our school’ isn’t one of them

Mon Jan 12 2015 - 01:00