What makes Love Island so successful? Beyond the appeal of watching people go through the ups and downs of finding love, just what is the enduring attraction of the show? Love Island • 01 Jul
What's the magic formula for the perfect TV show theme tune? 'Sometimes, a theme tune can take on a life of its own' TV • 12 May
The Cork actor, Knight Rider and the popemobile Besides a stellar acting career on stage and screen, Edward Mulhare is also a link between KITT and the popemobile Culture • 28 May
How watching TV during lockdown can be good for you We are drawn to podcasts, TV programmes, films and other art because we want to experience strong emotions Brainstorm • 02 Mar
What will the rest of Europe be watching on TV over Christmas? Forget Mrs Brown's Boys, traditional European Christmas TV faves include Donald Duck, Dinner for One, cinepanettoni and Soviet architecture Christmas • 17 Dec 20
Does playing chess make you smarter? As The Queen's Gambit focuses attention on the game, do the skills required to play chess enhance our cognitive ability? Chess • 11 Nov 20
Why borders are perfect locations for crime fiction and drama Borders allow writer, reader and viewer to see the changing nature of contemporary crime and policing Crime Fiction • 06 Aug 20
Why are we so obsessed with Normal People? Forget Connell's chain and those sex scenes, Normal People arrived at the right time for this kind of introspection and analysis Normal People • 27 May 20
5 things you didn't know about psychopaths like Villanelle Like the kickass assassin from Killing Eve, there's a bit of the psychopath in all of us Killing Eve • 21 Apr 20
Lessons from Logan Roy and Succession for family businesses As the hit TV show demonstrates, deciding the future of any family business can be quite complex Family businesses • 07 Nov 19
Who were the real Peaky Blinders? "They were not charismatic men - they were horrible, nasty and violent" Peaky Blinders • 05 Nov 19
The Great Hack: from the Counterculture to Cambridge Analytica The Netflix documentary shows the legacy of the American Counterculture in technology's mix of desire and control Social Media • 02 Mar 20
How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film With its horror, blood, gore, menace and violence, medieval Irish literature has a rich repository of imagery for reimagining as folk horror Folklore • 07 Aug 19
How HBO's Chernobyl addresses 21st century concerns The visual signs and aural symbols of the series make a profound statement about our contemporary cultural moment Philosophy • 06 Aug 19
Teenage girls, drag queens and empowerment Why drag queens are an unlikely source of strength for the teenage girls who love them Brainstorm • 18 Jul 19
Derry Girls and the value of good television While Game of Thrones is economically valuable to Northern Ireland, programmes such as Derry Girls offer more social value to audiences Derry Girls • 13 May 19
Our fascination with evil As folklore shows, evil entertains and thrills us and we even enjoy being frightened by it now and then so is it the case that ... Evil • 24 Nov 17
In search of evil We all know what evil looks like, but what exactly is it? A new two-part RTÉ series uses psychology, psychiatry, neurology, criminology and theology to ... Brainstorm • 17 Nov 17
