An Irishman’s Diary

What the world will look like after the pandemic is neither written nor pre-ordained; it will be fought over

New York’s coolest band had faded. How did they come back with a brilliant new record?

The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself

From war-zone beginnings, the event is now a cornerstone for the global film industry

There were no articles on page 1 of The Irish Times in 1886. But the ads told their own story

Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on the album that made her want to express herself loudly

Iron & Wine in for Valentine’s night, Jake Bugg sells out, and Wild Beasts bid farewell

Alex Kapranos talks about a new album, scoffing fish n’ chips in Galway, and why he wrote a song about the NHS

Beth Orton is back on the gig trail; The Lost Brothers find their way around Ireland; British Sea Power sail on; and The Pale are still hale 25 years later

The Bolsheviks came to power in Russia and established the Communist order which dominated there and eastern Europe for much of the 20th century

US president shares many of the traits of the man who led Germany into war, says historian

Martin Gore of Depeche Mode discusses moving the band in a political direction, taking on the alt-right, surviving with U2, and what the future holds for the Basildon boys

The Dubliner behind I Have a Tribe is a deep thinker and reckons there's little difference between making music and the world's fastest field sport

Commentators comparing incident to killing of archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914

The two rivals seem determined to avoid new split over Monday’s killing of Andrei Karlov

The ‘Jerusalem of Europe’ has endured two world wars and a horrendous civil war. Even so, a generosity of spirit endures among the people

Awful events have been powerfully captured in both fiction and non-fiction