Stephen King

Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema

The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00

Paul Flynn: Three dishes to try before your new year’s diet

Enjoy one last blowout this weekend with this trio of delicious recipes

Sat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00

Irish businesses face torrent of change as climate crisis bites

From agriculture to energy, ambitious new targets will have far-reaching consequences

Fri Aug 13 2021 - 05:23

Cormac McCarthy (not) tweeting has been highlight of my summer so far

Karlin Lillington: Platform’s most recent stumble has given publications a delicious silly season angle

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 05:00

RL Stine has sold 400 million books: ‘And people say kids don’t read’

The Goosebumps author on his rules for writing and the new Fear Street films on Netflix

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 06:00

Stephen King: ‘I was very ill, on different medications, and I thought I was dead’

The novelist has adapted his novel Lisey’s Story as a TV series that's now streaming on Apple TV+

Mon Jun 07 2021 - 06:00

Tune in to tune out: authors on music and the writing process

Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 05:00

If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?

When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming

Sat May 15 2021 - 05:00

An Irish playwright in New York: Lines remain unlearned, curtains unraised, seats unfilled

I’ll write to make the actors cry again – laugh, too. We’ll need a laugh after this

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 11:10

US Republicans are in for a vicious and open-ended struggle

US Politics: Republican moderates probably won’t prevail in battle for party’s soul

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 15:51

Patrick Freyne’s favourite art: Things that should be trash but are actually brilliant

Z Nation, The Monkees, Buffy and 2000AD are fine examples of brilliance by stealth

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 05:00

When I read in another language, a whole new part of my brain lights up

Start with something easy, don’t look up every word you don’t know, and other tips

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 05:00

Former Cavan captain confident his county can compete against Dublin

Stephen King impressed by Cavan’s resilience and style of play under Mickey Graham

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 23:07

50 scary films to watch at Halloween

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

Sun Oct 18 2020 - 06:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in August

Including Immigration Nation, Project Power and a blast from the past with Cobra Kai

Mon Aug 03 2020 - 06:00

The internet age has turned fan communities into mass cults

The activity of ‘stans’ online is not entirely harmless - dissenters get abused

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 05:00

Great reads: 20 books to unwind with this summer

From established talent to rising stars, here is our reading guide for the months ahead

Sat May 30 2020 - 06:00

True Fiction: A horror story that will appeal to Stephen King fans

Director Braden Croft combines double crosses with life-threatening degradation

Fri May 22 2020 - 05:00

Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?

Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Sun May 10 2020 - 06:00

Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started

Tips for budding authors and poets, from beating writer’s block to finding an agent

Tue May 05 2020 - 05:00