Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

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‘I don’t think it’s possible to write a definitive biography of someone like de Valera, but I’ve tried to get as close as I could ’

‘I don’t think it’s possible to write a definitive biography of someone like de Valera, but I’ve tried to get as close as I could ’

By Andrew Lynch 2 days ago

Most people know David McCullagh as co-presenter of RTÉ’s Prime Time, but now the 49-year-old is showing off his literary side with a comprehensive new biography of Eamon de Valera, writes Andrew Lynch

Lo-fi homage to Poe will give you a lunchtime scare

Lo-fi homage to Poe will give you a lunchtime scare

By Andrew Lynch 2 days ago

Almost two centuries after they were published, Poe’s creations can seem lurid and melodramatic to modern readers

A worthy legacy piece from le Carré

A worthy legacy piece from le Carré

By Andrew Lynch 1 week ago

FICTION: A Legacy of Spies, By John le Carré, Viking Penguin, €19

Two tribes go to war at DTF and the result is truly sublime

Two tribes go to war at DTF and the result is truly sublime

By Andrew Lynch 1 week ago

Tribes is that rarest of beasts, a play driven by sophisticated ideas that also hits home on a gut emotional level

From page to stage and back again

From page to stage and back again

By Andrew Lynch 2 weeks ago

Nora, On Blueberry Hill and Ulysses at the Abbey

The man who saw the future of pop music’s rich pageant

The man who saw the future of pop music’s rich pageant

By Andrew Lynch 2 weeks ago

BIOGRAPHY: David Bowie: A Life, By Dylan Jones, Preface Publishing, €25

The view from the stalls at the Dublin Theatre Festival

The view from the stalls at the Dublin Theatre Festival

By Andrew Lynch 1 month ago

The festival's 60th anniversary line-up is one of the most eclectic yet, writes Andrew Lynch

Theatre: Gems among the sound and fury

Theatre: Gems among the sound and fury

By Andrew Lynch 1 month ago

Reviews and previews from the Dublin Fringe Festival

Thin plotting can’t dampen Katie Roche’s raw power

Thin plotting can’t dampen Katie Roche’s raw power

By Andrew Lynch 1 month ago

Teresa Deevy’s overtly feminist play must have shocked audiences when it premiered at the Abbey in 1936

Theatre: Fringe benefits cover all bases

Theatre: Fringe benefits cover all bases

By Andrew Lynch 1 month ago

A selection from the Dublin Fringe Festival, which raises its curtains next Friday and continues until September 24

Tennessee’s tragic sketches are a balm for sensitive souls

Tennessee’s tragic sketches are a balm for sensitive souls

By Andrew Lynch 1 month ago

This Property Is Condemned (written in 1946) is set beside a Mississippi railway track, where the awkwardly adolescent Tom has come to fly his kite

Too much information as Davies reels in the years

Too much information as Davies reels in the years

By Andrew Lynch 2 months ago

Memoir: A Life in the Day: Memories of Swinging London, Writing, The Beatles and My Beloved Wife, By Hunter Davies, Simon & Schuster, €19.55

Scotland’s best playwright delivers the goods again

Scotland’s best playwright delivers the goods again

By Andrew Lynch 2 months ago

Outlying Islands by David Greig is a play that makes unusually large demands of its cast

Theatre: Sheridan has the last laugh with timely revival

Theatre: Sheridan has the last laugh with timely revival

By Andrew Lynch 2 months ago

Director Liam Halligan has played The Rivals straight as a full-blown farce that brings each cartoonish character brilliantly to life

Theatre: Helping of left-wing comfort food will divide audiences

Theatre: Helping of left-wing comfort food will divide audiences

By Andrew Lynch 2 months ago

Jimmy’s Hall is very much a black-and-white story