Updated / Sunday, 11 Apr 2021
14:42
Calm with Horses Irish stars Niamh Algar and Barry Keoghan and Cartoon Saloon s
Wolfwalkers are among the British Academy Film Awards nominees hoping to win a prize on the second night of this year s virtual ceremony.
Algar and Keoghan are nominated in the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, for their performances in the Galway and Clare filmed crime-thriller made by Element Pictures.
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5 great Irish books you might have missed in recent years
Updated / Sunday, 14 Mar 2021
07:00
The BAFTA nominated Calm With Horses is based upon a story from m
We Irish are generally not great at tooting our own horns, but the self praise is no praise rule that we collectively live by is disregarded when it comes to literature. On this front, it s safe to say that for a little island nation of a few million people, we re pretty damned good at that particular creative endeavour.
However, in the midst of the big publications, the celebrated authors and the titles that top bestseller lists, it s inevitable that a few gems will fall between the cracks. Here are a few excellent Irish novels that may have slipped through your net in recent years.
Calm with Horses' Irish stars Niamh Algar and Barry Keoghan and Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers are among the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) nominees.
Books, Netflix, and National Theatre live were three of the pillars supporting my sanity this year. As it draws to a close, we must remember that there was lots of good stuff in 2020 and much of it came from the arts.
Whether it was a new novel from Maggie O Farrell or William Boyd, Gillian Anderson (as powerful in Streetcar as she was in The Crown), or The Queen s Gambit, they brought comfort and joy.
Our erudite quiz setter Alison Walsh has looked back at the strange year that was 2020 and devised a compelling test of artistic knowledge. So take time out from trimming the tree and see how much attention you were paying.