FilmAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after eight-year bitter disputeJolie filed for divorce in 2016 after she alleged Pitt was abusive to their childrenTue Dec 31 2024 - 08:42
MusicBob Dylan, the rebellious troubadour, film star, icon and enigma: A guide to the movies’ true shapeshifterThere’s something unique about Bob Dylan’s big-screen presence. Over seven decades, he has been ubiquitous, but never predictableBy Alissa WilkinsonTue Dec 31 2024 - 06:00
FilmNickel Boys review: You’ll never have seen anything like this daring, heartbreaking chronicle of abuse and inequalityRaMell Ross’s film brings Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning tale to the screen
Music‘We’ve been through the wringer’: Doves on addiction, breakdowns and leaving behind singer Jimi GoodwinDoves' new album, Constellation of the Lonely, ranks among their best work. But as they prepare to go on the road, brothers Jez and Andy Williams talk about their momentous decision to play without Goodwin
MusicFive men charged over death of Liam Payne in Buenos Aires hotelThree manslaughter charges and two of selling drugs brought by Argentinian judge
Lessons in philosophy from Sally Rooney’s latest novel that can help us make sense of the worldUnthinkable: The ideas of Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein on language and reality surface in Intermezzo, and the relationship between the two philosophers mirrors that of Rooney’s two principal characters, brothers Peter and IvanBy Joe Humphreys
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Bob Dylan, the rebellious troubadour, film star, icon and enigma: A guide to the movies’ true shapeshifterThere’s something unique about Bob Dylan’s big-screen presence. Over seven decades, he has been ubiquitous, but never predictableBy Alissa Wilkinson
‘We’ve been through the wringer’: Doves on addiction, breakdowns and leaving behind singer Jimi GoodwinDoves' new album, Constellation of the Lonely, ranks among their best work. But as they prepare to go on the road, brothers Jez and Andy Williams talk about their momentous decision to play without GoodwinBy Dave Simpson
One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish ChristmasIan Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noiseBy Ed Power
Saint Etienne: The Night – Say hello to the insomniac street preachers    By Ed Power
The Pogues at 3Arena: Applause rang out into the night, the crowd singing their way out on to the quaysA stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performanceBy Una Mullally
The 2 Johnnies Christmas Party at 3Arena: It’s easy to sneer at the triteness and crudeness, but are 13,000 happy fans wrong?Support for the podcast stars, whose guests include Marty Morrissey, Nathan Carter and Dustin the Turkey, is fanaticalBy Cian O'Connell
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after eight-year bitter disputeJolie filed for divorce in 2016 after she alleged Pitt was abusive to their children
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘One of the references I have when I talk about Nickel Boys is the Magadelene laundry mothers in Ireland’Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor missed out on an Oscar for her role in King Richard. It will be no surprise if she’s nominated again for RaMell Ross’s acclaimed new filmBy Donald Clarke
Nickel Boys review: You’ll never have seen anything like this daring, heartbreaking chronicle of abuse and inequality    By Tara Brady
We Live in Time review: Is there is a word for a manipulative drama that isn’t up to the task?    By Donald Clarke
Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland - Fierce effort to recover world lost to FamineAuthor uses objects and animals to help us get past condescending or racist accounts of the Irish poorBy Claire Connolly
A cross-section of Ireland’s historical buildings and the materials that went into making themBooks on Ireland’s built heritage from Robert O’Byrne, Peter Harbison, Michael Lunt, Susan Roundtree, Ian Hannigan and Andrew ZiminskiBy Paul Clements
Dancing with the Stars 2025: Who are the contestants, when is it on and moreEverything you need to know about RTÉ’s new season of the competition for the glitterball trophyBy Ed Power
Nanci Griffith: From a Distance review – harrowing account of the country music star’s life that ended in isolation and alcoholismTelevision review: While Nanci Griffith's final years were tragic, there are many heartwarming aspects to the story of a singer with low self-esteem and a poetic air who found success in IrelandBy Ed Power
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this weekDecember 29th-Jan 3rd – including The Traitors, Callan Kicks the Year, The Late Late NYE Show and Jools’ Annual HootenannyBy Kevin Courtney
TV in 2025: 25 of the best new and returning shows to watch out for in the 12 months aheadIncluding The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The BearBy Kevin Courtney
2025 on stage: 21 plays, operas and dance works to see over the next 12 monthsFrom King Lear at the Gate to Dr Strangelove starring Steve Coogan, the coming year’s stage line-up includes jukebox musicals, period romcom and a play that probes the Irish Hospitals’ SweepstakeBy Chris McCormack
The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takersGambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should beBy Chris McCormack
Hamad Butt: Apprehensions review – A prophet of dread wielding precise, precarious instrumentsArt: The British-Pakistani artist died 30 years ago, at just 34. His work is being rehabilitated with the help of the Irish Museum of Modern ArtBy Tom Lordan
The art of 2024: 10 of Ireland’s best exhibitions of the yearFrom big group shows exploring topics as vast as time to small but beautifully formed solo painting exhibitions, art has rewarded on many levels this yearBy Gemma Tipton
