The Irish Times

Downton Abbey: A New Era review – Both aristocrats and servants sound too middle class

Dominic West is superb in a strong cast battling valiantly with an overstuffed script

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 13:30

Downton Abbey: Chaos, charm and an orgy of happy endings

Review: The familiarity of it does little to dull the appeal

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 00:01

Vampire valet: ‘Downton Abbey’ star gets his teeth into a new role

Brendan Coyle is best known as Downton’s valet Mr Bates, but he’s in darker territory at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Conor McPherson’s vampire tale ‘St Nicholas’

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 05:00

Rob Brydon: ‘I don’t mind being the butt of the joke’

‘Swimming with Men’ gave Brydon a chance to learn the art of synchronised swimming

Fri Jul 06 2018 - 06:10

Imelda Staunton: The Irish dancing teacher slapped me. I thought ‘I’m never coming back’

Oscar-nominated actor on breaking through age barriers, Harry Potter and why she hates Irish dancing

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 05:50

Patrick Freyne: The queen’s 90th birthday party was every bit as bizarre as you would expect

2016 Revisited: Behold the queen’s televised birthday bash, held in an enclosed section of her favourite garden, Britain, and featuring all of her favourite subjects

Tue Dec 20 2016 - 15:53