A photo posted to Reddit of two cakes went viral over the past week. But like many things on the internet, there is more to the story.

Even the biggest Scrooge has a Christmas carol that transports them to another place. Helen O’Callaghan chats to four well known faces and voices about their favourite.

Kevin Barry’s book combines everything from Portugese architecture to Traveller cant, he tells Richard Fitzpatrick

To be or not to be a director, seems to be the question on actors’ lips everywhere at the moment. Countless stars of the silver screen are currently swapping life in front of the camera for a piece of the action behind the lens.

For months, as Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie have filmed their first big joint project, rumours have been rife that the film is turning out to be another stinker to add to Madonna’s less than glowing film CV.