Shilpa Ganatra

Jan 12, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Shilpa Ganatra

He was unmistakable then, he’s unmistakable now. Ringo Starr appears on a video call from his home in Los Angeles smiling and relaxed, framed by a circle of well-trimmed brown hair, accessorised by the lightest of jewellery and an air of mischief. “You’re from The Irish Times? Oh, I know Ireland. Because, you know, I’m from Liverpool – the capital of Ireland,” he says. His chuckle is infectious.

Dec 19, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Shilpa Ganatra

What do you generally do around Christmas time? I spend Christmas in Mullingar with my mam, dad, my four siblings, their families, and me and my partner Louize. Louize’s family are close to Mullingar, so we spend the day at my family’s and then drive to her family in the evening. We used to go to Mass at 12.30am, more to see everyone than to pray, but those days are long gone. Now it’s about spending time at home and being present with each other.

Dec 16, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Shilpa Ganatra

He’s been a revered classical singer for decades, making it seem easy to sell more than 90 million albums, generate more than 16 billion streams and perform for dignitaries from the Pope to the Kardashians. But this year has hit a little different for Andrea Bocelli. For starters, it’s been 30 years since his debut album Il Mare Calmo della Sera.

Dec 13, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Shilpa Ganatra

The last time we saw Dexter Morgan, it seemed that his creators were finally killing him off. Starting in 2006, Michael C Hall had played the vigilante serial killer through eight series of Dexter, followed by an apparently fatal reprise in Dexter: New Blood. But not so fast…In US television, it’s a bold network that kills off a profitable idea, so the story of a sociopath who masquerades as a forensic expert and channels his bloodlust towards slaughtering evil-doers was too rewarding to end.

Nov 23, 2024 | thetimes.com | Shilpa Ganatra

There’s a strange time in adulthood when dynamics with our parents shift, and before we even realise it, they turn from elders into equals. For Aoife Hinds and her father, the theatre and TV legend Ciarán Hinds, that moment was when they first acted together. “We were both nervous about it,” she says on a video chat, recalling their time filming the poignant Japanese-English movie Cottontail, which was released this summer.