Learning with dyspraxia: ‘I finally got a reason for my clumsy nature’
Biggest challenges for young people with condition are usually in school
How about a little break from Harry Potter controversies?
Not even the Marvel Cinematic Universe attracts this degree of debate
Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hip
Throughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960s
Matt Hancock mistakenly praises ‘Daniel’ Rashford for campaign
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Jennifer O’Connell: There are no winners in trans-rights culture war
JK Rowling’s tweet launched the latest salvo in a toxic war of words
JK Rowling defends stance on transgender issues and reveals past abuse
Harry Potter author says activists seeking to erode ‘woman’ as a political and biological class
‘Transgender women are women’: Daniel Radcliffe reacts to JK Rowling tweets
Harry Potter star responds to controversy after the author is accused of transphobia
Alan Cumming: ‘I never thought about my foreskin until I came to America’
The Hollywood star on Harvey Weinstein, optimism and his fight against circumcision
Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in May
Including Hollywood, The Love Birds, The Eddy and an Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special
Wizardry and history: the eventful footballing life of Davy Byrne
Former Dublin minor captain staked his claim as a first-choice defender in 2019
Playmobil: The Movie – Shameless, terrible promo for German plastic dolls
Review: This effort to replicate the commercial sucess of The Lego Movie is a creative flop
Eight Irish people included in Forbes’s ‘30 under 30’
Irish people including entrepreneurs, actors and a rugby player make all-important list
Island of Dreams review: Harry Enfield’s limp excuse for celebrity impressions
Despite an easy target like Richard Branson, the impressions capture little and send up less – and the jokes are hopelessly weak
Policing the borderlands of fiction and non-fiction
For serious writers, invention in reportage remains taboo
Two spoofers collide: Baron Cohen posts teaser video slagging Trump slagging him
Video ‘trailer’ sees POTUS telling the comedian: ‘Go to school! Learn about being funny’
The seven best TV shows to watch this weekend
GLOW returns in all its spandex glory while Romesh Ranganathan visits the most dangerous places on Earth
Zoe Kazan: ‘Look at the numbers. It’s getting worse for women’
Zoe Kazan is evolving from writer to actor and is hoping to subvert rom-com stereotypes with ‘The Big Sick’
Harry Potter turns 20, 450 million copies later
Bloomsbury is publishing four new editions of the first book, one for each Hogwarts house
Harry Potter on screen: a magic formula for the faithful
It is the second-biggest movie franchise of all time, but the films are slaves to the text
The Harry Potter ‘Big Seven’ – Where are they now?
Potter gave some young actors a leg-up, but it created few genuine stars. Where did the broomsticks take the ones JK Rowling called ‘The Big Seven’?
Pat Shortt: ‘There are mad f**kers out there’
The Ex-D’Unbelieavable has gotten used to being treated as a natural treasure
Grave of Rudyard Kipling’s son correctly named, says authority
Authors of ‘My Boy Jack’ suggested resting place belonged to Dublin-born Arthur Jacob
Television: GTA gaming geeks in crusaders’ crossfire
Review: ‘The Gamechangers’; ‘An Inspector Calls’; ‘Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You’; ‘Scannal’
Television: ‘Doctor Foster’ is a bit clunky, but at least it’s not a period romp
Review: ‘Doctor Foster’, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, ‘An Klondike’
Stage and screen actor Gabrielle Reidy dies aged 54
Abbey Theatre veteran was noted for ‘sheer intensity as a performer’
O’Dowd and Greene lose out in Tony Awards
The Cripple of Inishmaan, which was nominated in six categories, failed to secure a prize
Irish actors Chris O’Dowd and Sarah Greene nominated for Tony Awards
‘Outside Mullingar’ nominated for best play
The princess and the frog
She is jarringly frank and confrontational. He does his best to steer a path towards harmony. Together they are Piggy and Kermit, clearly the most volatile couple in showbiz. Our reporter asks the questions . . . carefully
Daniel Radcliffe to play Coe in film about great rivalry with Steve Ovett
Track battles culminated in memorable clash at 1980 Moscow Olympics
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