Laura Slattery
@lauraslattery.bsky.social
Journalist from Dublin in search of pain au chocolat, perfect sentences and a career.
My interview with Russell T Davies, who has published a fascinating memoir of his TV career: ‘I laugh at myself for keeping a kitchen knife by the front door’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Russell T Davies: ‘I keep a kitchen knife by the front door’
Queer as Folk writer and Doctor Who showrunner has written a memoir about his career. It’s ‘a nice moment to take stock’, he says
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Never flippant or headline grabbing, our restaurant critic Corinna Hardgrave always kept the reader in mind www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10...
Never flippant or headline grabbing, our restaurant critic Corinna Hardgrave always kept the reader in mind
Corinna Hardgrave, who has died, would cut to a restaurant’s essence with a lightness of touch but behind it was a serious integrity
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My interview with Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the writers of the BBC’s Blue Lights, as the Belfast series returns for a fourth year — after which they plan to “take a beat” www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The writers behind Blue Lights: ‘I think I fell in love. I thought, I have to work with this guy’
Writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson say that despite the ‘love’ in the North for their hit PSNI-centred drama, they were petrified to take on such a ‘hot potato’ topic
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My favourite band are splitting up. It’s almost time to let them go www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...
Laura Slattery: My favourite band are splitting up. It’s almost time to let them go
Saint Etienne, who bring their farewell tour to Dublin next week, have been my glittering soundtrack for growing up and wanting to sail away
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Mark Bonnar’s journalist character in #Ludwig is absolutely spot on.
My interview with Emily St John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, about her new novel Exit Party (which I loved): ‘I cannot overstate how stressful the US is at the moment’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
My interview with the brilliant Ruth Bradley from Slow Horses, Humans, Love/Hate and so many other television series and films: www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Slow Horses actor Ruth Bradley on handling rejection, learning to say no and laughing it all off
The Irish star can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to act. There aren’t many downsides to the job, she says
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One of those days where I can’t even remember if I left my flat or not.
The Liberties musical Pretty Vacant: ‘It’s almost impossible to satirise what’s going on’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
The Liberties musical Pretty Vacant: ‘It’s almost impossible to satirise what’s going on’
Dublin Fringe Festival 2026: Dereliction and greed are viewed through a surreal lens in this new show. But can anything top the ‘bizarre stuff’ that’s really happening?
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It’s National Cinema Weekend, which means films for €4. Count me in www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...
It’s National Cinema Weekend, which means movies for €4. Count me in
Films cost just €4 at most participating cinemas on Saturday and Sunday, marking a temporary break from ticket inflation
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My interview with Meg Mason: ‘I thought I’d get some very awkward “please don’t contact me again” type letters’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘It’s really warping, all these people who don’t know you, who feel like they do’
Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a famous writer
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Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...
Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions
Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated
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My interview with Sarah Mulkerrins: ‘When I left Ireland, I didn’t think I’d ever get to work on GAA, so it’s a bonus’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Broadcaster Sarah Mulkerrins: ‘When I left Ireland, I didn’t think I’d ever get to work on GAA, so it’s a bonus’
From Athenry to the BBC, sports broadcaster Mulkerrins talks ambition, freelance life and capturing the emotion of sport’s biggest moments
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Bank holiday blues: Must we have more of these hellish festivals of stress? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Bank holiday blues: Must we have more of these hellish festivals of stress?
Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today
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A complete dearth of pain au chocolat in Dublin city centre this morning.
My column this week is on Sunday’s big event: Spotlight on Chris Martin’s team and tactics for ‘halftime show’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
World Cup 2026 final: Spotlight on Chris Martin’s team and tactics for ‘halftime show’
Music extravaganza curated by the Coldplay frontman will feature support from Spanish and Argentinian footballers
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I’m gutted for Karolina Muchova, as I’m sure a lot of tennis fans are, but that was Linda Noskova providing the perfect example of coming back from ahead. #Wimbledon
My interview with Claire Byrne: ‘I never really went into this game to be famous’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Claire Byrne: ‘I never really went into this game to be famous’
The broadcaster on the push and pull factors behind her move, her new podcast and turning 50
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Florence and the Machine at Marlay Park: Bewitching, five-star evening as Welch casts spells www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Florence + the Machine at Marlay Park: Bewitching, five-star evening as Welch casts spells
Seventeen years on from her debut album, Florence Welch remains an artist born for the largest of stages
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This week’s column: If water bottle rules at gigs can be relaxed in extreme heat, are they ever necessary? www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Laura Slattery: If water bottle rules at gigs can be relaxed in extreme heat, are they ever necessary?
In the age of global heating, water stations at outdoor events must be a priority, not an afterthought
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Madonna’s best albums ranked – from unlistenable to sublime www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Madonna’s best albums, in reverse order – from unlistenable to sublime
With Confessions II out next week, it’s time to get into the groove and press play on the queen of pop’s back catalogue
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I can’t believe Tony Baddingham is presenting Have I Got News For You tonight. Did those tears mean nothing?
My column this week: Olivia Rodrigo’s CMAT cover is more than a brilliant excuse for pints www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Olivia Rodrigo’s CMAT cover is more than a brilliant excuse for pints
The American star regularly enhances her own reputation by paying live tribute to other artists
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I adored that tennis from Maja Chwalinska. What a story, what a match. Amazing. 🎾 #RolandGarros
My interview with Maggie O’Farrell: ‘I turned down an OBE because I didn’t want British Empire as part of my name’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Hamnet’s Maggie O’Farrell: ‘I turned down an OBE because I didn’t want British Empire as part of my name’
After the ‘bonkers’ Oscars, the Co Derry-born author of Hamnet is poised to publish Land, a novel inspired by her own family history in post-Famine Ireland
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My culture column this weekend (no finale spoilers): Goodbye, Hacks, a TV comedy jewel that has ended at just the right time www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...
Goodbye, Hacks, a TV comedy jewel that has ended at just the right time
This Emmy magnet HBO Max show was a battle of the generations, but also more than just that
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My interview with Hannah Murray, who has written a remarkably compelling memoir about how she joined a wellness cult and was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray on joining a wellness cult and being diagnosed bipolar
The Skins and Game of Thrones star has written a memoir about her involvement in a cult-like ‘wellness’ organisation and her bipolar diagnosis
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Irish filmmaker Michael Harte on directing Kylie Minogue’s documentary: ‘She walked in with an energy. I was totally blown away by’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Irish film-maker on directing Kylie Minogue’s documentary: ‘She walked in with an energy. I was totally blown away by’
The Irish documentary-maker thought he was the hardest-working person he knew. But that was before he met Kylie Minogue
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I miss Daniel Craig already. Can the next James Bond really be Gen Z? www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...
I miss Daniel Craig already. Can the next James Bond really be Gen Z?
Amazon MGM Studios is searching for a young actor to take over as the spy
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