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Black Lives Matter activist Mark Fisher's endorsement of Trump sparks controversy within the movement and highlights political diversity.

For the first half of my music career, I never fully considered the technical aspects of the art form I practised. Up until my mid-30s, I’d been driven to pen lyrics by a compelling sense of advancement and peer recognition – to achieve some form of artistic acclaim in the…

The Beatles’ ‘new’ single is both a beautiful song and a depressingly modern affair, both smooth and placeless.

Max Easton’s novel Paradise Estate offers a variation on the share-house drama epitomised by Monkey Grip (1977), Helen Garner’s chronicle of communal living in Melbourne.

Halloween season is here, bringing with it the promise of new horrors at the box office. This year it’s all about renewed cinematic horrors.

The ‘Father Ted’ writer who more recently uses his platform to share controversial views on the transgender community has released a memoir describing how his life was ‘smashed to smithereens’. It’s a strange, sad read, writes Louis Chilton – one that crumbles under the slightest scrutiny

The world’s biggest arts festival is back this month, at a time when discussions about the cost of taking a show to the Fringe have never been louder. Isobel Lewis speaks to performers, producers, food stall owners and community organisers about the problems facing the festival and whether it can…

The Irish photographer on the most beautiful film he’s ever seen, a book about utopic desire, and his favourite walk in County Clare – with free tea and cake

Sad clips from films, TV shows and TikTok are being spliced together over melancholy music – and they’re raising a smile among hopeless young people