Oprah Winfrey discusses Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These: ‘I had never heard of the Magdalene laundries’
Winfrey chose Keegan’s novella for the first instalment of her new YouTube series The Oprah Podcast
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Ann Napolitano on the Oprah effect: ‘95 per cent of the credit goes to her, not my book’
After hesitant beginnings, the author of Dear Edward and Hello Beautiful has become a bestselling novelist
Facebook owner to push ahead with plans to launch Twitter rival
Meta targeting Oprah Winfrey and Dalai Lama as potential users of ‘sanely run’ social networking platform
Twitter employees ‘battle-weary’ as Elon Musk takeover deal drags on
Tesla chief’s stop-start plan to buy social media platform for $44bn has left staff in an uncomfortable limbo
Prince Harry says he made sure queen was ‘protected’ during recent trip
Queen was ‘on great form’ during meeting at Windsor Castle, Harry says in US interview
Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster
Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped
Royal family: As Queen Elizabeth winds down, will her successors measure up?
The Windsors must prepare for the exit of an ‘icon of steadiness’ and an uncertain future
Megxit, England’s defeat and 11 minutes less TV a day: what Irish viewers watched in 2021
Toy Show victorious once more, as news audiences drop from pandemic peak
UK in 2021: Johnson in freefall and annus horribilis for the royals
Few would bet on the PM remaining in office another year or the royal family making up
Seán Moncrieff: Everyone is on a ‘journey’ these days, but they’re not all equal
The word ‘journey’ has travelled far. It is now deep in the Land of Meaninglessness
Oatly stumble, art collectors’ Christmas and Star Trek fans vs Paramount Plus
Planet Business: It’s a streaming service, Jim, but not as we know it
Adele: ‘I feel bad my weight loss made anyone feel horrible about themselves, but that’s not my job’
The singer got personal in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in her One Night Only special
A princess is set to be wed, but it’s no fairy tale
Princess Mako of Japan must leave royalty behind to marry her college sweetheart
Meghan Markle row: Piers Morgan ruling issued after host’s Good Morning Britain walkout
Controversial comments on breakfast-television show prompted more than 50,000 complaints
Live TV viewership fell 7% in first half of 2021 as pandemic effect waned
Streaming of broadcasters’ content still higher than before Covid, says Core
Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations
Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix
The story of Britney Spears is a classic fairy tale
From childhood we are inured to fables about females having their powers taken away
Harry and Meghan reject claim queen not consulted on Lilibet name
BBC says source claims Sussexes did not ask for permission to use name for daughter
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s end is a sign of our growing impatience with celebrities
The comic’s show faced challenges far beyond her stated reasons for moving on
Ellen DeGeneres announces end to her talk show
US TV host’s decision follows controversy over alleged toxic environment on set
‘It was a ticking timebomb’: Inside the rise and fall of The Jeremy Kyle Show
Two years after the TV show was taken off air, former staffers reflect on a toxic work culture
‘Let yourself be quirky’: Oprah Winfrey’s life coach on how to be happier
Martha Beck survived abuse, left her husband and then began working with the TV superstar
Prince Philip funeral: British royal family mourns as life remembered at service
People across UK observe minute’s silence as funeral takes place in Windsor Castle
BBC coverage of Prince Philip’s death attracts 110,000 complaints
Total is highest number ever published in UK about television programming
‘We’ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation,’ says Prince Andrew
Coronavirus restrictions limit Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday in Windsor to 30 people
Michelle Obama says it is not a ‘surprise’ to hear Meghan Markle raise issue of race
Obama says ‘race isn’t a new construct in this world for people of colour’
Meghan Markle makes formal complaint about Piers Morgan
Morgan dismissed Markle’s account of suffering suicidal thoughts in Oprah interview
Royal ratings, Biden visits and the vogue for non-fungible tokens
Planet Business: When the Boot is on the other Foot
Prince William says royals ‘very much not a racist family’
‘I haven’t spoken to him yet but I will do’ prince says after brother’s Oprah interview
Meghan and Harry interview brings 725,000 viewers to RTÉ2
Oprah special with couple on track to be in top 20 biggest shows on Irish TV this year
Piers Morgan’s diabolical behaviour: How much of a tantrum can a man throw?
Rosita Boland: The TV presenter’s mystifying obsession with Meghan Markle has hit a new low
Harry and Meghan strike at legitimacy of the British monarchy
Oprah interview raises uncomfortable questions, not least about the issue of succession
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