Interview

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Jan 26

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"
  • Music
  • 07 Jan 26

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"
  • Culture
  • 06 Jan 26

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"
  • Film And TV
  • 05 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"
  • Music
  • 04 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"
  • Music
  • 03 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"
  • Film And TV
  • 01 Jan 26

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"
  • Music
  • 01 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"
  • Music
  • 31 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"

My 2025: David McCullagh - "Hanging over the edge of Victoria Falls was pretty special (someone was holding onto my ankles)"
  • Culture
  • 30 Dec 25

My 2025: David McCullagh - "Hanging over the edge of Victoria Falls was pretty special (someone was holding onto my ankles)"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”

Nathan Braniff on <i>Blue Lights</i>: “You’re dealing with such sensitive subjects, which have been a massive deal for forty or fifty years"
  • Film And TV
  • 29 Dec 25

Nathan Braniff on Blue Lights: “You’re dealing with such sensitive subjects, which have been a massive deal for forty or fifty years"

My 2025: Ardal O'Hanlon - "The best musical experience overall was probably Rhiannon Giddens live at the National Concert Hall"
  • Culture
  • 29 Dec 25

My 2025: Ardal O'Hanlon - "The best musical experience overall was probably Rhiannon Giddens live at the National Concert Hall"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"
  • Music
  • 29 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"

Rebecca Hanssen: “I just studied and worked two jobs so I could afford to go to London and try and become an actor"
  • Film And TV
  • 28 Dec 25

Rebecca Hanssen: “I just studied and worked two jobs so I could afford to go to London and try and become an actor"

My 2025: Lou Robbie - <i>Hero of 2025?</i> "Most definitely Catherine Connolly"
  • Culture
  • 28 Dec 25

My 2025: Lou Robbie - Hero of 2025? "Most definitely Catherine Connolly"

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"
  • Music
  • 28 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May

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