Chatbots can now pass the Turing test. Lots of humans can’t – The Irish Times
Inside (Netflix) is a show fronted by the Sidemen, an amorphous mass of indistinguishable young men who live…
From Fargo to The Den, these reboots were made for gawking – The Irish Times
This week, Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, announced that a planned…
Patrick Freyne on the manosphere influencers who shaped him from Charlie Haughey to Magnum PI – The Irish Times
Watching Inside the Manosphere, Louis Theroux’s decent new Netflix documentary about influencers with horrible attitudes to women and…
The Muppets’ body horror might seem extreme, but children need to learn – The Irish Times
A frog, a pig, a bear, some chickens, a bespectacled human man made of felt, a piano-playing dog,…
If I could marry a TV show, I’d choose this one about a bearded man – The Irish Times
Small Prophets BBC TwoMain takeaway: it’s good to have a hobby I love the new Mackenzie Crook show,…
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne’s experiment in free-range parenting – The Irish Times
I believe that children are the future. As Marx said, we need to teach them well and let…
The Beauty asks big questions. What if sexy people got so hot they exploded? – The Irish Times
The Beauty isn’t just my nickname here at The Irish Times. It’s also the new show from American…
Patrick Freyne’s top 14 shows to look out for in 2026 – The Irish Times
Beef I watched the first series of this thinking it would be about the delicious foodstuff namechecked by…
Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more – The Irish Times
The new novel by Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell will be her most Irish yet. Land (Tinder Press, June)…
dear British telly, we have Oti Mabuse – The Irish Times
Dear British telly, We have Oti Mabuse. And we shan’t return her unless you pay up. I vow…
If Emily in Paris had a HR department, the ‘HR’ would definitely stand for ‘happy riding’ – The Irish Times
With Paris sufficiently conquered, Emily, that icon of US hegemony and soft power, is now in Rome. I…
Dear Trish, I’m worried about my friend Meghan. When she isn’t aggressively crafting, she’s taking hostages – The Irish Times
Dear Trish I don’t normally write to advice columnists, but I am very worried about a dear friend.…