Put on the kettle and kick your feet up this Sunday evening while you cast your eye over some of our favourite long reads from the last seven days. 

Why is the US all at sea over the future of Columbus Day?

Four score and one year ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that October 12th would be celebrated in the United States of America as Columbus Day. In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon issued a federal mandate making it a national holiday on the second Monday of October, recognised from coast to coast. The tradition has been upheld, year in, year out. Just not everywhere.

In 2015, things have changed. Nowadays, we live in a time when the aftermath of Columbus’ arrival in the new world is observed as the beginning of a Holocaust for the indigenous American peoples, who saw their populations decimated by colonial oppression, a stain on European history. That history cannot be changed, but the celebration and heralding of Columbus is beginning to, as a growing number of cities are looking to abolish the holiday, and to replace it with one that recognises the millions whose lives and cultures were destroyed when Columbus set foot on an island in the Bahamas on October 12th, 1492.

EXPLAINER: What is a David Drumm?

Former chief executive of Anglo Irish bank, David Drumm, last week appeared before a court in Boston as authorities attempt to bring him home to face charges relating to his time as head of the collapsed bank.

Mr Drumm left the country in 2009 and filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2010. He has since refused to appear in person at the Banking Inquiry.

Drumm is the name often bandied around when it comes to Anglo Irish Bank and the subsequent crash but who exactly is he?

When Ireland searched for leaders last weekend, Robbie Henshaw stood up

Cian Murtagh reflects on the Ireland v France match last week and calls attention to the strength of Henshaw.

"The likes of Jamie Heaslip, Rory Best, Conor Murray and Rob Kearney would have been expected to assume more responsibility at half-time when it must have seemed as though the walls were closing-in. But there were also vital contributions from Iain Henderson and Devin Toner, a blockbuster from Sean O’Brien and a career-defining performance by Ian Madigan.

And then there was Robbie Henshaw."

Six pieces that prove that you can really read Playboy for the articles

Playboy are hoping that their decision to undergo a change of image will mean that no nudes is good news, but throughout the magazine's storied history, there geniunely have been some very good articles. 

Adrian Collins looks through some of the best articles they have featured.

Men suffer break-ups more than women, says science

While women may well be suffering stress more than men, when it comes to broken relationships, men are left out in the cold. Women feel greater emotional anguish after a relationship has ended, the effects in men appear to be longer lasting and sometimes are never fully resolved, according to newresearch.

Scientists at University College London and Binghamton University have published a new paper that might change the concept of men as unthinking, detached, and emotionally feeble.

With 'Pan' savaged by US critics, what this straightforward story really needs is a better Hook

Newstalk's resident film critic Philip Molloy takes a look at the new releases for this week including Pan and the much-discussed 'The Lobster.'

You can also listen back to his interview with Colin Farrell for the film.