Every action has consequences, intended and otherwise, which is why I start today with the hurling championship.

A voracious reader, Shane always liked crime. He was first published aged 11, getting a story in a collection by children for children, but he was so badly teased for writing it, that he didn’t try again for many years.

I’m writing this just a few dozen hours before Barack Obama steps down and I’m reminded of how often he and his wife seemed to talk about food.

The Critics Choice Awards for 2016 were handed out last night in California, with some familiar faces picking up prizes. Now in its 21st year, the nominees are put together by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

JUST as there’s a dish for every palate, there’s a food writer for every taste.

Nigella Lawson is "very close" to her French co-star on cooking show 'The Taste'.

Her acrimonious split from Charles Saatchi has hogged the headlines, but Nigella Lawson says that she hates conflict.

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ALISON Canavan, 35, is something of an expert in the art of multi-tasking.

It wasn’t cooking in one of the finest Michelin-starred restaurants in London, and afterwards in Stockholm — challenges posed in the MasterChef Ireland final — that Tamarin Blackmur found most challenging.

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Bloomsbury Publishing is poised for a massive increase in Christmas book sales following the launch of the Harry Potter movie.