The Ice Tower review: Cool take on Hans Christian Andersen tale casts a hypnotic spell
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s movie, which stars Marion Cotillard, leans into the sinister corners of coming-of-age
Hans Christian Andersen
The Ice Tower director Lucile Hadzihalilovic: ‘Marion Cotillard has this very warm presence, but sometimes she can be cold’
Acclaimed Hans Christian Andersen adaptation has its Irish premiere this week as part of Irish Film Institute’s French film festival
Children’s fiction: New and reprinted titles from Mary Murphy, Raymond Briggs, Oscar Wilde and more
A fearless explorer arrives on Earth, postwar childhood tales and classics to bewitch a new generation
Trump’s rebranding of Afrikaners as victims is calculated to appeal to the American far right
Worldview: When Trump or Musk talk about the murders of white farmers, they’re sending a signal in support of white nationalism
European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression
They had fooled themselves into believing what they wanted to believe
The Traitors makes no sense. Its logic is flimsy, its flaws obvious. So why do I happily yell through three episodes a week?
Claudia Winkleman’s smash reality show is an effective analogy for the Sisyphean pointlessness of existence. But the contestants can’t say that, obviously
Queen of Denmark hired to design set on new Netflix film
Margrethe II to add adaptation of Karen Blixen’s fantasy novel Ehrengard to her screen credits
Ken Early: England’s Premier class intent on creating their own history
Southgate’s squad full of players who play with, compete against and learn from world’s best
Danes tend to keep it low-key – but not this summer
Heightened sense of emotion and camaraderie in Denmark similar to wartime spirit
Into the light – An Irishman’s Diary on Harry Clarke
Dublin-born stained-glass artist died 90 years ago this week
Eighteen Irish panto productions for all the family to watch this season
Pantomimes and family shows have gone online – or even switched to a drive-in format
Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to open
Reopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’
Danish police investigate after ‘racist fish’ is scrawled on Little Mermaid statue
Copenhagen police say they consider the daubing of the landmark to be vandalism
Every Christmas the children’s books come down from the attic
The book bag, like our eldest, is turning 18 this December
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