BACK in 2013 a viral folk-pop song about flying in the clouds where “the view is a little nicer” topped the iTunes charts.

IN 1966, Australian singer Helen Reddy arrived in New York with her young daughter, after being told she had won a record contract.

I, Monster I, MONSTER is a curious film.

Amnesia: Rebirth (Multi) By: Frictional Games IT'S PERHAPS harder to frighten gamers after eight months of being barricaded with – shudder – our families as viral death hangs in the air, but in a year when the only time you won't see pale masked ghouls is on Halloween night, it's more important than ever to give your console the trick or treatment.

PALIMPSEST is one of my favourite words.

Bruce Springsteen Letter To You SINCE releasing his autobiography in 2016, Bruce Springsteen has been on a creative hot streak to rival any period in his 40-plus years at the top.

MELANIE C has been on quite a journey in recent years.

FROM the 1972 Eurovision winning song Come What May – whose lyrics include the line “in a world full of change” – to the poignant Our Special Absent Friends and Remember Me, you could be forgiven that thinking Daniel O'Donnell's song choice for his new album was selected in response to the year we have been living through.

Three-Fifths by John Vercher is published in paperback by Pushkin Vertigo, priced £12.

DESPITE lockdown, Dawn French, comedian, actress and novelist, has welcomed the chance to get together with her old mucker, Jennifer Saunders.

WE'RE used to seeing Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas in sequins and spangles, not a false eyelash out of place.

FICTION Inside Story by Martin Amis is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape, priced £20 (ebook £9.

IF relationships are like conversations, the centre stage marriage of Cheryl and Michael in Gary Mitchell's new audio play, Burnt Out, is a slanging match.

How do you unwind at the weekend? Working in the arts, you tend to work seven days a week.

SO, WHAT have you all been doing during lockdown, then? Well, not having sex for one thing, according to Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, who cheerfully reveals this has been a recurring theme for writers whose work will be seen on stage next week in one of the north's first live theatre events since March.

BELFAST International Arts Festival has launched its 2020 programme, with most events being hosted online this year and a small number of in-person performances.

HALLOWEEN (or Samhain) is the Celtic festival that celebrates the beginning of the Celtic year and Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich is planning to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival with st...

TO THE real-life Waltons and Sopranos, your extended family is more than welcome to the Bluffer’s Guide to Irish. With the lockdown, it’s obvious that whole families are spending much mor...

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