Patrick Freyne on the manosphere influencers who shaped him from Charlie Haughey to Magnum PI – The Irish Times

Watching Inside the Manosphere, Louis Theroux’s decent new Netflix documentary about influencers with horrible attitudes to women and totally normal names like HS Tikky Tokky and Sneako, has me thinking about the golden age of male role models. I am talking, of course, about the 1980s and 1990s. These are the olden-days manosphere influencers who … Read more

Neil Young to follow The Cure’s example in not using ‘bad’ dynamic pricing – The Irish Times

Singer-songwriter Neil Young has said he will follow The Cure frontman Robert Smith in not using “bad” dynamic pricing for his shows. The US-Canadian musician (79), is headlining Somerset’s Glastonbury Festival and the BST Hyde Park festival in London this year for his Love Earth tour. The rock veteran also plays Malahide Castle in Dublin … Read more