Laura Slattery
@lauraslattery.bsky.social
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Journalist from Dublin in search of pain au chocolat, perfect sentences and a career.
Absolutely epic. You did the right thing, Stephen!
#TheTraitors
about 6 hours ago
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My column this week: Harry Styles is back with a quietly pulsing new song, 50-date tour and, best of all, a great album title
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Harry Styles is back with a quietly pulsing new song, 50-date tour and, best of all, a great album title
His upcoming LP, featuring the single Aperture, is called Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. Whatâs not to love?
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/01/23/harry-styles-is-back-with-a-quietly-pulsing-new-song-50-date-tour-and-best-of-all-a-great-album-title/
about 15 hours ago
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Irishwoman Rachel Duffy has been the standout star of The Traitors UK, but sheâs in deep trouble
#TheTraitors
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Irishwoman Rachel Duffy has been the standout star of The Traitors UK, but sheâs in deep trouble
Cast as a traitor, the communications executive from Newry has played a brave yet clever game. But is it over?
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/01/23/irishwoman-rachel-duffy-has-been-the-standout-star-of-the-traitors-uk-but-shes-in-deep-trouble/
about 16 hours ago
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If Marisa Abela hadnât already won a Bafta for
#Industry
, they would have to give her one for this weekâs episode. My god, what brilliant television.
3 days ago
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Iâve already watched the greatest slice of live television entertainment Iâll see all year â my column today
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Laura Slattery: Iâve already watched the best slice of live TV entertainment Iâll see all year
Million Dollar One Point Slam, at the Australian Open, is a brilliant reminder that sometimes we only get one shot
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/01/17/ive-already-watched-the-greatest-slice-of-live-television-entertainment-ill-see-all-year/
7 days ago
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This episode has massively cemented my tendency to be up for the traitors in
#TheTraitors
9 days ago
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RTĂâs Laura Fox: âThe only way Iâm ever going to survive in this industry is just by being myself.
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RTĂâs Laura Fox: âIt broke my motherâs heart when I turned down a college placeâ
The RTĂ presenter has a âjam-packedâ year in store, from Dancing with the Stars to her wedding in Italy
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/01/10/laura-fox-it-broke-my-mothers-heart-when-i-turned-down-a-college-place/
14 days ago
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An advertisement that aged fast, from The Irish Times, April 12th, 1912
19 days ago
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My culture column today: As queen of live events, in 2026 I will compel all gigs to specify stage times
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As queen of live events, in 2026 I will compel all gigs to specify stage times
Cultural new yearâs resolutions revolve around one radical idea: we donât have to live like this
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/01/03/as-queen-of-live-events-in-2026-i-will-compel-all-gigs-to-specify-stage-times/
21 days ago
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Iâve seen
#ItWasJustAnAccident
,
#SentimentalValue
and
#MartySupreme
over the past week â all excellent films, I love this time of year when thereâs suddenly a glut of great things in the cinema.
24 days ago
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My column today is for everyone who definitely isnât thinking about work⊠Warning: These 2025 TV shows and films contain scenes of a workplace nature
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Warning: These 2025 TV shows and films contain scenes of a workplace nature
Iâm taking a break from the âgradual erosion of self-worthâ and staying firmly in outie mode
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/12/27/warning-these-2025-tv-shows-and-films-contain-scenes-of-a-workplace-nature/
28 days ago
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reposted by
Laura Slattery
The age of instability: âIreland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous stormâ â my distinctly unfestive review of the year
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The age of instability: âIreland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous stormâ
Year of deepfakes, drones, masculine energy and bad weather also brought first babies of Generation Beta
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/12/20/the-age-of-instability-ireland-feels-like-a-small-boat-caught-in-a-tempestuous-storm/
about 1 month ago
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Tess and Claudia will be missed. But itâs the kicks and swivels that make Strictly Come Dancing
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Tess and Claudia will be missed. Is Strictly Come Dancing nearing its last waltz?
The clue is in the title: this BBC show moves people
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/12/20/is-strictly-come-dancing-nearing-its-last-waltz/
about 1 month ago
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The age of instability: âIreland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous stormâ â my distinctly unfestive review of the year
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The age of instability: âIreland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous stormâ
Year of deepfakes, drones, masculine energy and bad weather also brought first babies of Generation Beta
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/12/20/the-age-of-instability-ireland-feels-like-a-small-boat-caught-in-a-tempestuous-storm/
about 1 month ago
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Iâm home from my office Christmas party and currently of the opinion that I Did Something Bad by Taylor Swift is the best song ever written. These facts are unrelated.
about 1 month ago
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A very important read: The pain of endometriosis is sometimes a shell, and sometimes itâs the entire beach
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Lisa Tierney-Keogh: The pain of endometriosis is sometimes a shell, and sometimes itâs the entire beach
Endometriosis is one of the most painful diseases going, and the hurt it can cause is unimaginable
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2025/12/16/the-pain-of-endometriosis-is-sometimes-a-shell-and-sometimes-its-the-entire-beach/
about 1 month ago
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Millions will be made by the toiletries brand that eventually realises that at this time of year I just want Shower Gel (and Only Shower Gel) in a Nice Box.
about 1 month ago
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A very fine day. All set up for a pleasant party. Are those suppressed memories returning yet? To mark
#JaneAusten250
, Iâve written about the moment âEmma could not resistâ.
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âBadly done, Emma!â Jane Austen needed only a picnic to torment her readers
As film and TV adaptations prove, there has never been a more excruciating group outing than the one in Emma
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/12/13/badly-done-emma-jane-austen-needed-only-a-picnic-to-torment-her-readers/
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Laura Slattery
My column today: Iâm dreaming of a mild and slightly damp Christmas, just like the ones we (used to) know đ¶
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Iâm dreaming of a mild and slightly damp Christmas, just like the ones we know
Snow probably wonât be glistening this Christmas, but the influence of the best-selling single of all time still looms
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2025/12/06/im-dreaming-of-a-mild-and-slightly-damp-christmas-just-like-the-ones-we-know/
about 2 months ago
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I went to see
#BlueMoon
and absolutely loved it â Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley and Bobby Cannavale were all great in it, and, well, I tend to adore films about disappointment.
about 2 months ago
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My column today: Iâm dreaming of a mild and slightly damp Christmas, just like the ones we (used to) know đ¶
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Iâm dreaming of a mild and slightly damp Christmas, just like the ones we know
Snow probably wonât be glistening this Christmas, but the influence of the best-selling single of all time still looms
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2025/12/06/im-dreaming-of-a-mild-and-slightly-damp-christmas-just-like-the-ones-we-know/
about 2 months ago
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Elevation to Six One slot makes Tommy Meskill a big winner in latest RTĂ rejig
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Elevation to Six One slot makes Tommy Meskill a big winner in latest RTĂ rejig
RTĂâs latest reshuffle finally resolves speculation about Sarah McInerneyâs future on Radio 1
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/12/05/elevation-to-six-one-slot-makes-tommy-meskill-a-big-winner-in-latest-rte-rejig/
about 2 months ago
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Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands have all withdrawn from
#Eurovision2026
. Slovenia likely to drop out too.
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RTĂ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
RTĂ will not participate in or broadcast next year's Eurovision Song Contest after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/1204/1547300-rte-to-boycott-eurovision-song-contest-over-israel/
about 2 months ago
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Itâs a pity that Kelly Brook has been voted off
#IACGMOOH
â she was a great narrator of events in the Bush Telegraph and the show needs someone like that.
about 2 months ago
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The BBCâs decision to broadcast that pointless, nonsensical, agent-devised cash-grab spectacle of a tennis match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios is farcical and pathetic.
about 2 months ago
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My column today is on the risk of TV shows outstaying their welcome: I love
#Pluribus
on Apple TV. But will I still love it when it reaches season four?
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about 2 months ago
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My column today: Parasocial relationships are very 2025 apparently. Theyâre also perfectly normal
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âParasocialâ relationships are very 2025 apparently. Theyâre also perfectly normal
Enjoying the feeling of connection with well-known people you have never met is not inherently âunhealthyâ
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/11/22/parasocial-relationships-are-very-2025-apparently-theyre-also-perfectly-normal/
2 months ago
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Itâs happened again. I find a headline in The Irish Times archive from November-December 2019, think âI forgot that happenedâ, then click on the story and it turns out I wrote it. Anything immediately pre-pandemic just got pushed out of my head months later.
2 months ago
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I loved the second season of
#Obituary
â so many audacious lines and great performances â and Iâll be sad if thatâs the end of Elvira, Emerson and co, but it feels like it might be given where they left it.
2 months ago
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My column today: You donât have to understand every word of artists such as RosalĂa and Gwenno to love them
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2 months ago
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A beautiful tribute to Observer journalist Rachel Cooke, whose writing I loved.
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/rachel-cooke-a-tribute
2 months ago
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BBCâs near permacrisis is a cautionary tale for RTĂ about what can happen if editorial oversight starts to drift
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2 months ago
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I donât want to kick the BBC when itâs down, but it broadcast a three-part
#GirlbandsForever
series that failed to get an interview with any member of Girls Aloud so therefore chose to erase them completely. There should be a parliamentary inquiry.
2 months ago
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My column today: Hollywoodâs obsession with reissued films makes cinemas feel like museums with popcorn
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Hollywoodâs obsession with reissued films makes cinemas feel like museums with popcorn
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cinema, along comes another anniversary rerelease
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/11/08/hollywoods-obsession-with-reissued-films-makes-cinemas-feel-like-museums-with-popcorn/
3 months ago
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My preview piece on RTĂâs Radio 1 reboot, which starts on Monday: âWe werenât aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cardsâ
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RTĂâs Radio 1 reboot: âWe werenât aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cardsâ
Itâs the biggest change to the stationâs weekday line-up since 1999. But what does that really mean?
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/11/08/rtes-radio-1-reboot-we-werent-aware-that-this-level-of-a-shake-up-was-on-the-cards/
3 months ago
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That was absolutely incredible â I feel like I was totally fooled by the edit all along. Brilliant work.
#TheCelebrityTraitors
3 months ago
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That third season of
#BlueLights
was great stuff â so much tension. You know something is probably shaping up to be good when Michael Smiley joins the cast, and so it proved.
3 months ago
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I loved the âthatâs televisionâ line on this weekâs
#GoggleboxIRL
after a hilarious sequence about Hollyoaks. But what I loved even more was the way the episode showed what people sometimes forget: that
#Gogglebox
isnât ultimately about television, itâs about us.
3 months ago
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Matt Cooper on the Dunnes dynasty: âBen was obsessed with proving himselfâ
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Matt Cooper on the Dunnes dynasty: âBen was obsessed with proving himselfâ
Broadcaster and journalist on writing about the Dunne dynasty, his podcast with Ivan Yates and his future at Today FM
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/11/01/matt-cooper-on-the-dunnes-dynasty-ben-was-obsessed-with-proving-himself/
3 months ago
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My interview with Miriam OâCallaghan as she publishes her memoir: âReceptiongate was the most stressful moment of my entire careerâ
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Miriam OâCallaghan: âReceptiongate was the most stressful moment of my entire careerâ
This is her life: the RTĂ presenter on loving her job, her âred-line feminist issueâ and how the death of her sister Anne changed everything
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/10/31/miriam-ocallaghan-receptiongate-was-the-most-stressful-moment-of-my-entire-career/
3 months ago
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Crying my eyes out at
#OnceUponATimeInSpace
and they havenât even used the word Challenger yet.
3 months ago
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I loved hearing Sheâs Not There so prominently at the end of this weekâs Slow Horses â just the perfect verse to pre-chorus to chorus transitions wrapped in a classic Sixties sound, everything ambling along right up until it isnât.
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The Zombies - She's Not There
YouTube video by nothinking4meman
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_2hXBf1DakE
3 months ago
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This weekâs column: Art deco is 100 years old. Isnât it time we gave it some love?
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3 months ago
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reposted by
Laura Slattery
The presidential election is done and dusted. Move on by reading my interview with David Gillick: âI was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if Iâm not running, what the hell do I do?â
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David Gillick: âI was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if Iâm not running, what the hell do I do?â
The national menâs 400m record holder on the âcutthroatâ world of athletics, life after the track and his medal-worthy interviews with a new generation of Irish stars
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/10/26/david-gillick-i-was-angry-and-bitter-but-i-also-had-fear-if-im-not-running-what-the-hell-do-i-do/
3 months ago
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The presidential election is done and dusted. Move on by reading my interview with David Gillick: âI was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if Iâm not running, what the hell do I do?â
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David Gillick: âI was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if Iâm not running, what the hell do I do?â
The national menâs 400m record holder on the âcutthroatâ world of athletics, life after the track and his medal-worthy interviews with a new generation of Irish stars
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/10/26/david-gillick-i-was-angry-and-bitter-but-i-also-had-fear-if-im-not-running-what-the-hell-do-i-do/
3 months ago
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Iâm doing pretty well on
#UniversityChallenge
tonight. I canât prove it, but I am.
3 months ago
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David McCullagh: âThereâs plenty of people in the long grass hoping Iâll fall flat on my faceâ
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David McCullagh: âThereâs plenty of people in the long grass hoping Iâll fall flat on my faceâ
The RTĂ presenter on his new book, From Crown to Harp, taking over Radio 1âs Today show and what people say to him on the street
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/10/19/david-mccullagh-theres-plenty-of-people-in-the-long-grass-hoping-ill-fall-flat-on-my-face/
3 months ago
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My column today: RTĂ has plans for sitcoms that are âaccessible, inclusive, mainstreamâ and funny. What could go wrong?
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RTĂâs quest to find the next Derry Girls, Young Offenders or Mrs Brownâs Boys
The broadcaster is seeking proposals for sitcoms that are âaccessible, inclusive, mainstreamâ and funny. What could go wrong?
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/10/18/rte-quest-to-find-the-next-derry-girls-young-offenders-or-mrs-browns-boys/
3 months ago
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This Rinderknech-Vacherot final in Shanghai is the best thing thatâs happened in menâs tennis all year.
#BattleOfTheCousins
3 months ago
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My column today is on the BBCâs new three-year deal with a source of joy in my life: The Graham Norton Show is 50 minutes of chatshow alchemy delivered with aplomb
#TheGNShow
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The Graham Norton Show is 50 minutes of chatshow alchemy delivered with aplomb
Some people hate laughter. But Nortonâs chatshow loyalists will be relieved by the BBCâs new deal
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/10/11/the-graham-norton-show-is-50-minutes-of-chatshow-alchemy-delivered-with-aplomb/
3 months ago
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