When you work in a digital industry, there’s nowhere to hide. Secrets don’t stay quiet for long, and projects often get leaked long before they are officially announced.

From film to fashion, books to TV, our writers pick the best cultural highlights of the season.

As the Caped Crusader hits 80 years of protecting Gotham City, Chris Wasser looks at the history of the world’s darkest superhero.

Irish placenames bring you on a journey trying to get to the bottom of them. Or just glory in the sheer madness of them, writes Colm O'Regan

Cathal Travers is originally from Tallaght in Dublin. He owns the Comic Vault at Lower Oliver Plunkett St in Cork, which sells comics, graphic novels and collectibles. It also sells comics online, writes Marjorie Brennan

Well holy penguin, Batman!

Ben Affleck may have been battling his own demons, but he also impresses in his new Netflix action film, writes Ed Power

The Kilmacud Crokes-Craobh Chiaráin Dublin league game threw in yesterday morning at 10.30am.

Laurie O’Flynn could never find the clothes she wanted – so she decided to make her own. Her first award-winning creation was snapped up, and now, she writes, it’s launched a brand new career

I know we have to forget stuff. Biologically speaking, we need to put some experiences away.

George is crying, we’re crying, everyone’s crying.

How do Santa’s reindeer fly? And what does Mrs Claus do on Christmas Eve, while Santa’s flying around the world? These and other mysteries are kindly explained to Áilín Quinlan by the junior infants of Kilgarriffe National School in Clonakilty, Co Cork.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics round up the big tickets for autumn

Playing the Octopus by Mary O’Malley (Carcanet Press, £9.99). Review: Colette Sheridan

Life is great when you play your cards right. If you don’t, a horde of lizardmen eat your face off. At least, that’s how things work in Hand of Fate.

He had leukaemia and passed away in LA last night.

Holy crossword, Batman!

The debut gameplay video of Injustice 2’s first DLC character Red Hood is now online.

Hello and here is the fake news. Well, some of it is fake, and some of it is not. You’ll just have to figure it out – using your emotions. Because that’s what we do now. Who needs facts and experts when we have feelings and social media? asks Suzanne Harrington

Eighties pin-up Dennis Quaid’s latest role is in the feelgood A Dog’s Purpose. He talks to Ella Walker about past lives, being an embarrassing dad and why dogs really are man’s best friend.

Ronan Jennings spends an hour with Prey, a new game that will be released this week.

Spoiler alert: the following piece contains spoilers for the next Injustice 2 character reveal.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have revealed the latest Injustice 2 trailer, Shattered Alliances Part 5.

A three-year-old Limerick boy who made a miraculous recovery after falling six stories has returned to creche for the first time.

Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced Matt Reeves as the director for the upcoming DC Comics movie, The Batman.

A new trailer from Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment depicts the ‘Shattered Alliances’ players can expect to witness when Injustice 2 launches in May.

Matt Reeves, director of 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, has taken over as director for the upcoming Batman film starring Ben Affleck.

The Lego Batman Movie 4/5

As the popcorn goes stale on another cinema-going year, film critic Damon Smith looks forward to the action-packed blockbusters, heartbreaking dramas, uproarious comedies and potential Oscar winners that will be lighting up the big screen over the next 12 months

Last night at the game awards a teaser for the newest in a long line of telltale series games, and it’s none other than everyones favourite band of loveable, world-hopping, criminals, the Guardians of The Galaxy.

It has been announced that none other than Billy Dee Williams will play two-face in the upcoming Lego Batman.

Is all this clowning around far more serious than we think? Suzanne Harrington investigates.

Fionnuala Doran began her career as a Ninja Turtles fan, but has just published a graphic novel on Roger Casement, writes Don O’Mahony

Got an issue? Ask Audrey.

This week we meet up with Mark Cagney, the 60-year-old host of TV3’s Ireland AM.