It’s over! The movie stars have deserted the French seaside town of Cannes, the reviews have been filed, the red carpets rolled up, and the world’s press now move on to what’s really important — ...

Film Ireland, supported by Coimisiún na Meán, have announced the second edition of their Journalism Mentorship Programme, designed to empower writers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Over the ...

Irish Wish (2024) is nobody's idea of a good movie, but it's immeasurably better than Four Letters of Love (2024), Polly Steele's exhaustingly silly adaptation of Niall Williams's book of the same ...

Dirt Flirt speaks to Robyn Homeniuk about her self-titled debut EP, how she developed her sound, and how queerness shapes her music.

The best Weezer songs go way beyond the hits. Use this essential guide to build your playlist, from classics to deep cuts.

Have you ever wondered why your dog’s ears prick up even when you hear nothing? You sit reading the newspaper when Toby runs towards the door barking as if his best friend is outside. It could be ...

Catherine Monvoisin was allegedly a poisoner who practiced human sacrifice. Her fall shoke the court of Louis XIV to its foundations.

The marriage of Fred and Maria Manning was far from a happy one, with infidelity on both sides. Not even joining together to commit murder could brimg them closer.

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

Joseph Fouché was a bloody-handed architect of the French Terror; but he avoided any backlash for it. There's always employment for a man without scruples.

Abel Debritto, a former Fulbright and Marie Curie scholar, works in the digital humanities and is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. He is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and ...

Blasphemous cross-dresser, incestuous adulterer, ruler of the Roman underworld - Clodius was the jester capering in the ruins of the Roman Republic.