November beauty offers up soothing candles, sparkly powders and an empowering lipstick for every pout. 

William Burroughs’ centenary occurs this month. The West Cork-based photographer John Minihan recalls meeting the controversial author in London

THE 58th Cork Film Festival catalogue will be launched at the Electric bar this evening. The festival is six weeks away, but its new creative director, James Mullighan — a former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival — says the lead-in will allow for as many tickets as possible to be sold.

A trove of Timothy Leary files, much of it previously unpublished, could shed new light on the LSD guru, his controversial research into psychedelic drugs and the emergence of the ’60s counterculture.

Daniel Radcliffe has really left Harry Potter behind with a startling and explicit Sundance Film Festival role as poet Allen Ginsberg.

Blind Man’s Bluff

Lana Del Rey says the hardest part of being a pop star is dealing with people focusing on her image.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich’s fight for Florida and the states beyond reached boiling point as Romney’s tax returns showed annual income topping $20 million — and a now-closed Swiss bank account — as Gingrich insisted his consulting work for a mortgage giant that contributed to the housing crisis did not include lobbying.

Daniel Radcliffe is to play legendary Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in new movie 'Kill Your Darlings'.

The raging controversy that surrounded the publication and subsequent trial for obscenity of beat poet Alan Ginsberg’s 'Howl' in San Fransisco in 1957 is the background for this documentary-drama.

THE wife of defeated Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The wife of defeated Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards has been diagnosed with breast cancer.