One in three people are classed as introverts but the modern world is built around the extrovert and so it’s not easy for people like Elizabeth O’Neill who just want to be left to their own devices.

Alchemy and transformation lie at the heart of Gavin Hogg’s work, writes Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin.

The revival of Mark Cantan’s play about a threesome is a comedy, but the Irish haven’t exactly had fun relationships with troikas, suggests Rita de Brun

THERE is nothing more that Jack L likes to do than to turn off his mobile phone and zone out.

When Dr Brandy Engler went into business as a psychotherapist in Manhattan, she assumed that most of her clients would be women (her expertise was female sexual desire), and that building a clientele would be slow. Both assumptions were wrong.

Michael Clifford is nothing if not fervently candid (Opinion, Sept 8): “Clare Daly used to haunt my dreams.”

Beautiful wives and perfect lives: why do men who seem to have it all cheat on their own stunning women, asks Barbara Scully

WE’RE waiting for the stars to arrive when the first distress message comes through.

Versatile actor Michael Fassbender is taking on another challenging film role — as legendary Celtic warrior Cúchulainn.

Viggo Mortensen explores the many facets of Sigmund Freud’s character in A Dangerous Method, writes Declan Cashin

“It’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights …” The Muppets (G) seem to have been away for a very long time, a fact not lost on Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), a lonely young Muppet who grew up with Gary (Jason Segel) for an older brother.

Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender downed vodka shots before shooting scenes for 'A Dangerous Method'.

Romantic hero, sex addict, hunger striker — the sky’s the limit for Kerry actor Michael Fassbender. A glittering array of performances has taken him from obscurity to being man of the moment, says Helen Barlow

HERE’S a tale of two cities, and two men, and how the more things change, the more often they stay the same.

AT the moment, there’s just no stopping Michael Fassbender.

At the moment, there’s just no stopping Michael Fassbender.

Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero. Grant Morrison Jonathan Cape; £17.99

Now All Roads Lead To France: The last years of Edward Thomas

THE WORDS “cat” and “cream” immediately spring to mind, when a beaming Michael Fassbender comes loping into the Dorchester Hotel in London this week.

Keira Knightley will not star in the new film version of ‘My Fair Lady’.