Bernard O'Shea: Five things I learned from the Minecraft movie

A rainy afternoon, three kids, €57 worth of snacks, and a cinema full of clapping teens taught me more about Minecraft—and parenting—than I ever expected.

Bernard O'Shea: "Minecraft is one of those rare cultural phenomena that makes adults feel ancient and irrelevant. On the surface, it looks like a game from the 1980s got stuck in a blender with a Lego set."

When was the last time you went to the cinema by yourself? Not to bring someone, not as a ‘date night’, ‘not as an escape from soft play hell’, but just… for you?

If you’re like me — a person with children under 12 and a vague memory of enjoying peace — then it’s probably been more than a decade. The last time I went to the cinema alone, I saw There Will Be Blood.