Sidney Lumet was a legendary filmmaker whose gripping courtroom dramas are a class apart. His movies often dealt with the ...

Tom Lehrer, an iconic musical satirist known for his sharp critiques of American culture in the 1950s and 60s, has died at age 97. His career, though brief and accidental, produced 37 songs that ...

This may be a name from the distant past, but the satirist who died this week still has a lot to say to the world of the 21st ...

Ballinrobe Musical Society will stage a musical drama based on the life of one of Ireland’s best-known political figures when they bring ‘Michael Collins – A Musical Drama’ to the stage from April ...

This month marks the 100th anniversary of what many called the “trial of the century.” The Scopes “Monkey” trial centered ...

Back in 1949, before he emerged as the godfather of the American space program, he spilled his fantasies onto the page, in a ...

Because he’s incapable of appealing beyond his base, his crackbrain version of nationalism shrinks support. Thus Trumpism is already staggering, punch-drunk and incapable of enacting solid structural ...

The late disgraced financier’s associates were among those who benefited most from the neoliberal policies of the past 40 years ...

Every child is born with the same creative power. This is not just a nice idea—it is a fact. All human brains, no matter what ...

A new Bonnie Blue documentary on Channel 4 offers behind-the-scenes access to her controversial sex stunt, and asks whether ...

Porn, abuse and prostitution are not unknown in this otherwise magical city. Before we get too excited about whether the ...