The bond between John Lennon and Paul McCartney: ‘For sure they loved each other... they found a way to share that love with the world’
Ian Leslie, author of John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, on the partnership at the heart of The Beatles
I thought Paul McCartney had sent me a gift after my cancer diagnosis
I rang my friend Paul Howard, a huge Beatles fan, to tell him all about it
Not caring about exams was teenage me’s bluntest form of rebellion. My kids are different
They’re self-motivated, I think you’d call it. All I know is that I can take no credit for their industry
After Dolly Alderton’s party, I decided to ditch the impostor syndrome that’s dogged me
A man introduced himself to me as Nick Hornby but I’ve interviewed Nick Hornby before and it wasn’t the same man
I call out a chat’n’cut, Larry David style. I will never live down what happens next
It all starts so well, standing in a queue for drinks, as I shut down a man attempting to cut the queue and get praised for my fearlessness
Vogue Williams: ‘Spencer ran towards me with red flags hanging off him in every direction’
The royal-adjacent Irish entrepreneur, podcaster and former model talks about men, her new memoir and her desire to age disgracefully
Kit de Waal: ‘My Irish mother was rejected by my grandmother for having a baby with a black man’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
The slogan ‘Belfast’s got the buzz’ always rang hollow. Until now
The city is buzzing with shoppers and tourists when we visit for Queenie’s birthday lunch
Domhnall Gleeson on nepo babies: ‘I’ve been so lucky. It’s important you can acknowledge it. Otherwise you’re lying to yourself’
The actor on ‘the Harry Potter thing’, his role in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, and the gift that Tom Cruise keeps sending him
Dara Ó Briain: ‘I’m a man, I can’t manage family at the best of times ... now I’ve willingly taken on a 600% increase in family members’
Ó Briain describes his revelatory new stand-up show about the search for his biological father as like a real-life version of the film Elf
My post-cancer treatment hair reminds me of boxing promoter Don King. It makes me laugh
I don’t feel bad about my neck (chintastic) or my belly (generous) or my hands (they look older than I feel) but lately I feel funny about my hair
Róisín Ingle: I did a good bit of ‘maevesdropping’ in the shop. It’s what Binchy would have wanted
Impromptu trip to a charity shop yielded a copy of classic Maeve Binchy collection
Rachael Blackmore: ‘Winning the Grand National was never even a dream … I never thought any of this would be my life’
Firsts are nothing new for the groundbreaking Irish jockey, but she admits she might have underestimated the challenge of writing her debut book
I’m enjoying my new friendship. We’re at the stage when everything is fascinating
Making friends in your 50s is an adventure – you just have to grasp that nettle
Róisín Ingle: I have a list in my head of unwritten letters. Now I will write them
I’ve decided I am going to write one letter a week. I’ve even ordered a new writing set