Person: Nick Hornby

Book review: Football by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Like Albert Camus, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, is a philosopher and a novelist, and also like Camus, Toussaint shares a life-long love of soccer. Football should not be mistaken as a high-brow equivalent of Fever Pitch: Toussaint is no Nick Hornby, writes Tom Mooney.

Sat, 24 Dec, 2016

Five things to do this week

Des O’Driscoll looks at five things to do in the world of arts and culture this week.

Mon, 16 May, 2016

Want to read the book before seeing the movie? These reads are coming to a screen near you

Movie adaptations of famous books have long been big business in the film industry. 

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Irish Oscar hopeful Brooklyn out now on DVD in Ireland

Saoirse Ronan starring, Oscar nominated drama Brooklyn has just arrived on home video in Ireland - see it now!

Fri, 26 Feb, 2016

What are the chances of an Irish Oscar win on Sunday?

It’s a bumper year for the Irish at this year’s Oscars, with nine Irish-related nominations, but actual wins could be hard to come by.

Fri, 26 Feb, 2016

Arsenal glee not yet at fever pitch - Nick Hornby reckons Leicester will win it

Fever Pitch author doesn't trust Arsenal side, believes Leicester will take first Premier League title.

Mon, 15 Feb, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Fri, 15 Jan, 2016

Ireland sitting pretty with nine film nominations at 2016 Oscars

Forget the gold-plated statuettes waiting to be handed out next month.

Fri, 15 Jan, 2016

Irish stars top nominations for British film awards

Irish film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender, Saoirse Ronan, and father-son duo Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson have each received nominations at the Moet British Independent Film Awards.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2015

Cork director's 'Brooklyn' is taking Irish cinema to new heights

Cork director John Crowley has followed up True Detective with a big screen adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s tale of Irish America, writes Ed Power

Sun, 01 Nov, 2015

Techniques on how to make your home look like a movie set

Rita de Brún looks at the role of set design in movies and how the same techniques can be used in a home.

Sat, 31 Oct, 2015

Book review: Latest Readings

UNLIKE Nick Hornby’s Stuff I’ve Been Reading, Clive James’ collection of essays exploring the literature he’s devoured since being diagnosed with leukaemia, lacks pace and punch.

Sat, 19 Sep, 2015

Actress Ronan sees firm record profits of over €110k

The entertainment firm owned by one of Ireland’s most successful actresses, Saoirse Ronan, recorded profits of €111,677 in its first year in business.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2015

West Cork Fit-Up Festival Foreign attracts international submissions

For the first time in its seven-year history, a West Cork theatre tour boasts an international dimension, with links to Berlin and Boston, writes Colette Sheridan

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

Boring boors who bash women’s game miss the point

Amanda Marcotte of the online magazine Slate did the state some service recently when pinpointing a flaw or two in the admittedly tired criticism of the Women’s World Cup, which was running over the past few weeks.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2015

Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson's Brooklyn will be in Irish cinemas in November

A period romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson, Brooklyn will be coming to Irish cinemas in November 2015

Wed, 10 Jun, 2015

Survival the name of the game as Deportivo punch above their weight

Nick Hornby said it best in Fever Pitch when he suggested that the natural state of the football fan is one of bitter disappointment, no matter what the score. Sitting in the Estadio Riazor last Sunday evening as more than 33,000 Deportivo La Coruña supporters shuffled out glumly onto the sun-speckled streets on the back of a 2-0 win over Levante spoke painfully for that.

Fri, 22 May, 2015

Reese Witherspoon reveals why she’s ready for darker roles

When Reese Witherspoon acquired the rights to turn Cheryl Strayed’s life-affirming solo Pacific Crest Trail trek into a movie, she didn’t intend to play the lead role, too. But, as she tells Susan Griffin, doing so has been extremely inspiring

Sat, 17 Jan, 2015

Scene + Heard

Looking for plans for the weekend? Here’s a list of what’s on and where.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2015

What to watch on TV this week

Sat, 29 Nov, 2014

Funny Girl

Nick Hornby

Sat, 22 Nov, 2014

Can you call yourself a ‘true’ sports fan?

Brian O’Driscoll’s latest book supposedly makes for an interesting read when digested in large chunks, but the extracts have fallen well short of Roy Keane’s on the Richter scale.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2014

The Planner

Tom Campbell

Sun, 03 Aug, 2014

25 years ago Gaybo gave my auntie ten grand and Arsenal completed the greatest story ever told

Tony Leen was at Anfield 25 years ago tonight for the most remarkable league triumph in football history.

Mon, 26 May, 2014

A warning from history

"It’s up for grabs now."

Sat, 10 May, 2014

A warning from history

"It’s up for grabs now."

Sat, 10 May, 2014

Struggle at theatre of screams has me back in the fold

The sensation was strange at first. Unfamiliar.

Fri, 28 Mar, 2014

Toibin novel to be filmed in Wexford at end of March

A novel by award winning author Colm Toibin is to be made into a movie.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2014

Wild and wonderful

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

Sat, 23 Nov, 2013

Mark Mulcahy is making music to ease the pain of loss

US singer Mark Mulcahy is back in the music business after taking a break to look after his twin daughters following the sudden death of his wife in 2008.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2013

Witherspoon killed off the Legally Blonde franchise

Reese Witherspoon turned down 'Legally Blonde 3'.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2013

Cheese with your turkey?

What is it about Christmas that makes movies, music and books so awfully naff? Richard Fitzpatrick gets nostalgic

Wed, 19 Dec, 2012

The gift that keeps on giving

Every year Christmas records sell — but do the artists live happily ever after? Simon Hattenstone asks those who know, from the Pogues to Boney M to Slade.

Sun, 09 Dec, 2012

Witherspoon to star in and produce Hornby flick

Reese Witherspoon will star in a new film penned by Nick Hornby.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2012

Dutch suffering identity crisis

Victory is the great redeemer.

Fri, 15 Jun, 2012

Beginner's Pluck

BRIAN FINNEGAN

Sat, 12 May, 2012

Beginner’s pluck: JAMES MYLET

James Mylet began to write when he was 21. Before that he had no interest in reading, or in writing.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2011

When great minds think alike

WHETHER it’s David Bowie and Bing Crosby bonding beneath the mistletoe or Shane MacGowan sharing a recording booth with those three warbling priests, odd couples are by no means a rarity in the music business.

Sat, 18 Dec, 2010

IMF bailout about to transform Irish sporting landscape

IT feels, this week and in this country, like someone should gently place a Sinatra record under a record player stylus as we bob downstream together towards oblivion.

Fri, 19 Nov, 2010

Brought to book – can angling finally land the big one?

THIS IS the time of year that publishers reveal their book prize candidates for feckless people like me seeking inspiration for Christmas presents.

Wed, 03 Nov, 2010

Oscars academy honours for Irish artists

FOUR Irish artists have been invited to join the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body which nominates and votes on the Oscars each year.

Sat, 26 Jun, 2010

An Education

Lynn Barber

Sat, 20 Mar, 2010

One Oscar for Ireland, 'Hurt Locker' sweeps the board

Dubliner Richard Baneham has won an Oscar for his work on visual effects on 'Avatar', but it was director Kathryn Bigelow and 'The Hurt Locker' who emerged as the victors from the battle of the blockbusters at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2010

'Avatar' and 'The Hurt Locker' to slug it out at Oscars tonight

All eyes at tonight's Oscars will be on the showdown between 'Avatar' and 'The Hurt Locker'. Each has nine nominations.

Sun, 07 Mar, 2010