Mary McGill previews Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short & Selena Gomez, Rescue Annie is a play by actor & writer Lauren Shannon Jones & director Eoghan Carrick, fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/rescue-annie , Kate Brennan Harding & Alan Corr review new albums from Orla Gartland's debut to Big Red Machine & Floor Staff

Ruth Barton & Michael Pope review films, incl. Candyman a supernatural slasher film, There are Little Kingdoms by writer Kevin Barry, the stage adaptation is directed by Andrew Flynn, GIAF.ie , Rough Girls is a new play by Tara Lynne O’Neill & the first all-female football team, set in Belfast at the end of the First World War, lyrictheatre.co.uk

Timothy Spall stars in the Last Bus, a journey from John of Groats to Land’s End to honour the memory of his wife, Steve Wall of The Stunning ahead of a series of gigs at Pearse Stadium, Speak Softly, Go Far is an audio-performance with Hannah Mamalis, fringefest.com , Chris Wasser on Kevin Can F Himself, a dark comedy on Amazon with Annie Murphy.

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