Once again Ireland's performance looked better than results suggest. John Roycroft wonders if Irish boss Stephen Kenny can blend his playing ideology with a successful qualification campaign.

The Nations League returns to action for Ireland and Stephen Kenny, in a campaign punctuated by significant inconsistencies and ups and downs when it comes to results, writes John Roycroft

Football and the Premier League bore the brunt of games postponed in the wake of the ing of Queen Elizabeth. John Roycroft reckons the decision to put off games was made more in fear of fan reactions than the need to mark the ing of the monarch. 

Actor James McAvoy has voiced his for the arts in a new film urging people to future students through a fundraising campaign.

Trailblazing James Bond actress Trina Parks has told of her sadness following the death of the “exquisite” Sir Sean Connery.

President Donald Trump has paid his own tribute to the late James Bond star Sir Sean Connery, hailing him as a “great actor and an even greater man”.

Daniel Craig has hailed fellow James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery as “one of the true greats of cinema”, adding he hopes that “wherever he is there’s a golf course”.

After catapulting to fame as the first ever James Bond, Sir Sean Connery had a glamorous and varied Hollywood career spanning 50 years which secured him prestigious awards including an Oscar and two Baftas.

A long-time er of Scottish independence, Sir Sean Connery, in his own words, said that the country should be “nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world”.

Sir Sean Connery, the original star of the James Bond films, has died at the age of 90. Here are the best quotes from his glittering five-decade career. – On his similarities to 007 “There’s one major difference between James Bond and me.

He enjoyed a long and varied film career spanning 50 years, but Sir Sean Connery will undoubtedly be ed as the first – and some say definitive – James Bond.

Images from the films Trainspotting and The Illusionist have been projected onto a derelict building in the city where they are set in a test screening for a new festival.

The Crown stars Helena Bonham Carter and Tobias Menzies have reunited to make a socially distanced film to be shown at this year’s virtual Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Actor James McAvoy has donated £10,000 to a youth theatre to help ensure its classes can be accessible to all during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sean Connery has been voted as the best ever James Bond. The Scottish actor saw off competition from stars including Daniel Craig, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan in the poll for RadioTimes. com.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has announced the award ceremonies in Scotland and Wales will still take place in 2020.

The average household has used an extra 325GB of data since lockdown began, according to Virgin Media. April was the broadband network’s busiest month on record, with usage in May only just behind that, the company revealed.