MusicKanye West announces he has been diagnosed with autismRapper and fashion designer Kanye West says he was misdiagnosed as bipolar in podcast appearance where he also opines new album Bully and the Drake-Kendrick beefBy Ben Beaumont-ThomasThu Feb 06 2025 - 12:55
MusicIrv Gotti, Murder Inc founder and hip-hop legend, dies aged 54Record company started the careers of successful acts including Ashanti and Ja RuleBy John YoonThu Feb 06 2025 - 11:23
Subscriber OnlyThe Nazi Mind and The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: alliance between ‘monsters’ and ‘ordinary people’Meticulously researched, brilliantly written and passionately argued, these books are indispensable and timely
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FilmNetflix’s Emilia Pérez was tipped as a big Oscar winner – then an unexpected scandal erupted Oscars 2025: What has gone wrong for Emilia Pérez after its 13 nominations and triumphant awards season?
No one is asking Meta to act as God - just not to pollute the public space with liesUnthinkable: Meta’s stance on fact-checking resembles a philosophical position known as ‘epistemological anarchy’By Joe Humphreys
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Kanye West announces he has been diagnosed with autismRapper and fashion designer Kanye West says he was misdiagnosed as bipolar in podcast appearance where he also opines new album Bully and the Drake-Kendrick beefBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Irv Gotti, Murder Inc founder and hip-hop legend, dies aged 54Record company started the careers of successful acts including Ashanti and Ja RuleBy John Yoon
Dervish Present the Great Irish Songbook review: Breathing exceptional life into old standardsAmplifying the Irish song tradition at the National Concert Hall is a welcome pitstop on the band’s winding career pathBy Siobhán Long
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – Plenty of gruff authenticity, plus a moment that spears your heart By Ed Power
Renée Zellweger: ‘To choose not to have children isn’t that exceptional, is it?’Bridget Jones is back, this time learning to navigate life without her Mr Darcy
Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was tipped as a big Oscar winner – then an unexpected scandal erupted Oscars 2025: What has gone wrong for Emilia Pérez after its 13 nominations and triumphant awards season? By Donald Clarke
The Fire Inside review: The Olympic champion Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields deserves an Oscar-worthy biopic. This isn’t quite that By Tara Brady
September 5 review: Tightly assembled thriller revisits the Munich Olympics hostage crisis By Tara Brady
Faber to publish definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetryEdited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis, it will be published on October 9th
The Nazi Mind and The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: alliance between ‘monsters’ and ‘ordinary people’Meticulously researched, brilliantly written and passionately argued, these books are indispensable and timelyBy Ian Hughes
Holly Willoughby is well used to troublesome co-hosts. Bear Grylls may like insects and urine, but he’s not Phillip Schofield Celebrity Bear Hunt review: From the dawn of reality TV it has been clear it would culminate with an apparently unhinged survivalist hunting helpless celebsBy Patrick Freyne
Amandaland review: Sharon Horgan comedy spin-off stands firmly on its own two feetTelevision: Series sees Motherland’s obviously posh mum Amanda return as she juggles parenting with a career as an influencerBy Ed Power
Broadcaster Kay Burley announces she is retiring from Sky News after 36 yearsVeteran journalist was one of original hosts of channel when it was launched in 1989
Celebrity Bear Hunt review: This is the funniest thing Netflix has put on for ages, with the token Irish person to keep us watchingBlending deft touches of sadism and unintentional laughs, it’s hard to imagine this show with Bear Grylls and Una Healy being anything other than a massive hitBy Ed Power
Fledermaus review: Irish National Opera’s touring production is a delight from start to finishOpera: INO’s staging maintains the light-heartedness the Strauss needs for the two hours its enjoyably ridiculous plot takes to unfold
Des Bishop: ‘I never felt the grief with my dad like I felt with my mother’For the Irish-American comedian, lockdown was preceded by his mother’s death. The impact was profound – but it opened the way to a new lifeBy Patrick Freyne
‘Young men aren’t just b****rds running around on their bikes ... everyone has their own dreams’A Dublin project explores how the world shapes young men by helping some of them to create ‘boys’ as they really see themBy Patrick Freyne
‘You are only the sixth person to see this since the Vikings’: Behind the scenes at the National Museum of Ireland From Early-Bronze Age pottery to a red Honda 50, the museum’s venues tell the story of Ireland one object at a timeBy Rosita Boland
