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The sad news today of the death of The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, Paul McLoone pays tribute, Vigil is BBC drama from the producers of Line of Duty, Stephen Sexton shares poems from his new book, Cheryl's Destinies, Claire-Louise Bennett's debut Pond was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, Checkout 19 is her first novel.

In Paul McCartney 3,2,1, McCartney sits down with the legendary producer Rick Rubin, Pat Carty on the Apple+ series, Cogadh na Saoirse is a play from Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc, director Philip Doherty & musical director Julie Feeney, Galway Int. Arts Fest. , from August 27th, fibin.ie. , John Self on the prolific novelist Brian Moore on his centenary.

Cathy Brady’s Wildfire tells the story of sisters reunited, until their strange behaviour starts to impact all around them, starring Nora Jane Noone & Nika McGuigan, singer-songwriter Niamh Regan’s new single is Happy Again, she tours this November niamhregan.com , Louise Bruton & Pat Carty review albums, Villagers, Lorde & Martha Wainwright.

Tara Brady & Darryl Jones review films, Pig, The Bright Side from Ruth Meehan & Jean Pasley, Censor, starring Niamh Algar as a film censor, who discovers an eerie link between a horror movie that has come before her & her sister, Malaprop’s , ‘Where Sat the Lovers’, is about facing an overwhelming world & trying to make sense of it. fringefest.com

Omar El Akkad is an award-winning journalist, 'What Strange Paradise' is his second novel, in which a nine-year-old from Syria, survives a rough migrant sea crossing and ends up on a small Greek island, John Meagher on the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam's Ten, Steven Benedict on the essential role that sound design plays in the cinema.

The Irish Baroque Orchestra pays tribute to Handel’s association with Dublin, dublinhandelfest.com, Jenn Gannon previews Nine Perfect Strangers starring Nicole Kidman, Neptune Calling is a play by Eoghan Quinn, exploring how we connect with others & what our coping mechanisms are in a time of crisis, directed by Tracy Martin, redbearcompany.ie

Eimear McBride is one of our most innovative writers, her new essay is, Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust, Iarla Ó Lionáird is one of Ireland's most acclaimed sean-nos singers, this September he teams up with harper Úna Monaghan, cellist Kevin Murphy, musicnetwork.ie , Spraoi Festival concludes with the premiere of Prism Spraoi, spraoi.com

Niamh Algar is an Irish actor on the crest of a wave of great new releases, she currently stars in the Channel 4 drama Deceit and Censor opens in Irish cinemas this weekend, Peter Murphy reviews Will Sergeant's 'Bunnyman: A Memoir', Andrea Cleary and Brian Boyd review new albums from rapper Nas, Jungle & The Killers

Donald Clarke & Gemma Creagh review films, Free Guy, Coda, Mary McGill previews The Chair, a new academic comedy on Netflix starring Sandra Oh, Gavin Quinn, director of Pan Pan Theatre Company, Nick Johnson, co-director of the Trinity Centre for Beckett Studies on 'The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett', What is the Word, panpantheatre.com

Modern Love is Amazon's anthology series based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, series creator, John Carney discusses season two, artist, Doug Fishbone’s exhibition welcomes visitors into a ghost estate, Please Gamble Responsibly, crawfordartgallery.ie/ , Jenn Gannon on The White Lotus, the dark satire stars Jennifer Coolidge