Shona McCarthy, the Irish woman running the world’s biggest arts festival, is heading home: ‘I’m tired. You feel it to your bones’
After 35 years of nonstop work, this ardent advocate for the arts is about to catch her breath
Martin Freeman
Actor
Breeders: This is a portrayal of parenthood warts – or screams – and all
TV review: Martin Freeman has an authentic take on the undignified reality of child-rearing
Martin Freeman: ‘I’m not nice, not your best mate. I’m angry and a bit superior’
In Breeders, the Office and Sherlock actor has created a dark comedy about parenting
What if ‘Love Actually’ is actually not that bad?
The uneven comedy has become as much a Christmas tradition as the ire it provokes
What ever happened to Brendan Gleeson’s ‘Mr Mercedes’?
It’s one of several big-budget shows, some good, that got lost in the churn of too-much TV
Bafta TV awards: Graham Norton and Brian F O’Byrne among winners
Molly Windsor beats Claire Foy to take leading actress while Sue Perkins highlights pay gap issue
TV this weekend: The Rock takes on Graham Norton
Paul McGrath marks his anniversary on ‘Ray D’Arcy’, while Trinny Woodall appears on the ‘Late Late’
Ghost Stories: Scares and floating sheets in dismal Britain
Review: Adaptation of the play ‘Dead of Night’ transfers the show-stopping moments well
‘Black Panther’: sparking a revolution in black culture
Latest chapter in Marvel cinematic universe more than another superhero film
Black Panther: This film is revolutionary. Just not that good
Review: It features a black superhero, but the CGI is suffocating and the plot is weak
Texas gunman escaped from mental health facility in 2012
Devin Kelley, who killed 26 people, able to buy weapon after federal database error
Texas church gunman was involved in domestic with mother-in-law
Killer of 26 people was discharged from US Air Force for assaulting his spouse and child
Texas killings: Sutherland Springs the latest name synonymous with atrocity
Fourteen children and eight members of the same family among worshippers massacred
Sherlock TV review: the show got hacked twice over the weekend
Russian hackers may have leaked the episode, but the show’s makers have taken a once smart and nimble show and made it bloated and bedazzled
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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