Ikigai: is this how the Japanese live long and prosper?The Japanese concept promises a long, happy life – but is it all a load of pikachu?Sat Sept 02 2017 - 00:00
The Waterford Latin teacher who was charged with being a warlockSinnott’s sideline in astrology brought him to the attention of the Holy OfficeSat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00
Estate agent turned theatre owner hoping for a whale of a time in GreystonesCo Wicklow venue is just part of an ambitious scheme developed by Ross McParlandSat Aug 26 2017 - 00:00
Dublin tenements, pop star memorabilia and cheeky retro chairsRelive capital’s past at Henrietta Street, arrange flowers and bid for Lady Gaga’s corsetSat Aug 26 2017 - 00:00
Muldoon’s Picnic: a variety show from a Pulitzer winner‘It’s one of our most basic instincts; to listen to a song, listen to a poem – even in this era when people have their noses stuck in their tablets, it still works’, says the poet Paul MuldoonTue Aug 22 2017 - 10:00
The tragic tale behind an Irish-language headstone in WashingtonIrish Connections: Behind Mary Barrett’s memorial is one man’s story of sorrow in the USSat Aug 19 2017 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In – Ladies who lunch in the short grassPublished: February 11th, 1955; Photograph by Jack McManusSat Aug 19 2017 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In – At the dawn of the boomPublished: January 18th, 1986. Photographs by Tom Lawlor and Matt KavanaghSat Aug 12 2017 - 05:00
Blue-eyed beauty: Bermuda’s national flower is also native to IrelandIrish Connections: Delicate ‘Sisyrinchium bermudiana’ thrives on both islandsSat Aug 12 2017 - 05:00
A case of the moody blues for autumnFrom kitchens to bowls, the outlook is far from blueSat Aug 12 2017 - 00:00
The Scottish island the British bombed with anthraxSet in 1939, the play ‘Outlying Islands’ is inspired by a real life military experimentTue Aug 08 2017 - 05:00
Bernard MacLaverty: 'My life has been a seamless piece of laziness, work, and thoughts'A wintertime trip to Amsterdam in 2001 inspired the Belfast-born writer’s new novel, which took 16 years to finishSat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In – A rest between rides on Sandymount StrandPublished: August 4th, 1970; Photograph: John McGarthSat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00
The Irish couple who established the French RivieraGerald and Sara Murphy’s houseguests included Hemingway, Picasso and the FitzgeraldsSat Aug 05 2017 - 01:00
Belinda McKeon: 'I’m interested in the deal-making among couples'The writer on reimagining Henrik Ibsen's Nora for a modern generationThu Aug 03 2017 - 05:00
The column before the stormThe Times We Lived In – Published: early 1960s. Photograph: Eddie KellySun Jul 30 2017 - 08:50
The Irish murderer who donated his victims’ bodies to scienceWhile working in Edinburgh, Irish navvy William Burke developed a lucrative sidelineSat Jul 29 2017 - 01:00
Tea towels from Charvet, a summer sofa and fake flowers to fall forPlus: a Danish solution to the enduring rug problem, and a colourful Monsoon seasonSat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
‘Having depression doesn’t make you immune to happiness’Matt Haig on life after depression, negative reviews and his new book ‘How to Stop Time’Sat Jul 22 2017 - 07:00
Why did the elephants cross the road?The Times We Lived In – Published: December 31st, 1992. Photograph: Eric LukeSat Jul 22 2017 - 05:00
How an Armagh man with four wives had a Sydney suburb named in his honourHugh Kelly had been transported to New South Wales in 1806 for stealing clothes from an outhouseSat Jul 22 2017 - 05:00
Candyfloss geraniums and a home from home in CorkHome Front: interiors, art, people, eventsSat Jul 22 2017 - 00:00
Why did this Irish artist have a Spanish roundabout named after him?Irish Connections: George Campbell first fell in love with Spain in the 1950sSat Jul 15 2017 - 05:00
Veteran activist takes a bowThe Times We Lived In – Published: February 2nd, 1953. Photograph: Dermot BarrySat Jul 15 2017 - 05:00
Checking out the cream of Irish design plus some great storage for kids’ roomsHome Front: Interiors, design, people, eventsSat Jul 15 2017 - 00:00
The Times We Lived In: Insurance hikes exhausts the patience of MAD bikersPublished: June 13th, 1992; Photograph by Peter ThursfieldSat Jul 08 2017 - 05:00
A hideaway for toys; lighting for the garden and Seven Wood moves onHome front: interiors, design, people, eventsSat Jul 08 2017 - 00:00
Anne Sullivan, the Irish-American who taught Helen Keller to speakIrish Connections: Helen Keller went on to help transform attitudes to disabilitySat Jul 08 2017 - 00:00
Design suggestions for people who don’t have the timeMosey around Siobhan Burke’s salvage shop and you could find anythingSat Jul 08 2017 - 00:00
Buyer beware: the catch to Italian ghost village ‘bargains’‘Picturesque’ can often be a synonym for ‘punter beware’Mon Jul 03 2017 - 08:00
The Times We Lived In: It’s a long, long way from here to ClarePublished: August 9th, 1989. Photograph by Jack McManusSun Jul 02 2017 - 09:15
John Hearne, the unsung architect of de Valera’ s 1937 ConstitutionIn legal circles, if not among the wider public, ‘the Irish Thomas Jefferson’ is much admiredSat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
Buenos Aires hurling: not enough sticks, too many fightsThe Hurling Club of Buenos Aires was set up in 1922, with a Corkman as its presidentSat Jul 01 2017 - 01:00
A crafts trail at Brown Thomas, home discounts at Arnotts and a Big House visitHome Front: design, interiors, eventsSat Jul 01 2017 - 00:00
Architect’s folly becomes food for Body & Soul‘Contemporary architecture has become so commercial, there is very little spirit left’Sat Jun 24 2017 - 05:00
Mary Mallon, the Irish woman who brought typhoid to New YorkIrish Connections: In the early 1900s, a cook from Co Tyrone unwittingly spread the diseaseSat Jun 24 2017 - 00:00
‘A swell is simply radiating energy from an event across the horizon’Australian author Tim Winton on why writing is like surfing, why a tiny fish gives him hope, and why the next generation has a right to be angry at the mess they've inheritedTue Jun 20 2017 - 05:00
Auctions: forthcoming sales and fairsFrom a vintage Ford to items from a large period property in Sundays WellSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing gluePublished: November 11th, 1984. Photograph by Matt KavanaghSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
Wealth, glamour, scandal: Anne Bullitt’s estate comes to auctionThe items to be auctioned at Adam’s hark back to happy times in her lifeSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
Irish woman's extraordinary book collection goes under the hammer in KellsMiss McAlister’s collection contains an early edition of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ plus much, much moreSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
Kandinsky painting could fetch up to €28mWork by great Russian painter has been in the same family for nearly 100 yearsSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
Conamara Chaos and other Irish invaders in outer spaceAnd when it comes to the ultimate superstars of space – astronauts – we have our foot in the rocket doorSat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00
Home Front: interiors, ideas, events, peopleThe National Gallery is reopening, a Father’s Day idea and an exhibition at Listoke HouseSat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00
Music for the ears at Mullen’s Interior and Garden SaleGrand pianos among the pieces from a couple of grand Dublin 4 housesSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
The Irishman who designed the UK’s first submarine – on a Fenian budgetIrish Connections: John Philip Holland wasn’t thrilled to have the old enemy as a customerSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
‘Rare’ silver spoons from 1663 to go on display in DublinTrefid spoons made by ex-lord mayor of Dublin worth at least €25,000, says expertSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
A 174-year-old murder mystery in a sheaf of lettersThe murder of wealthy Irishman John McMullen in Texas 1n 1853 was never solvedSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
Antiques and fine art auctions and resultsSkibbereen online art auction includes ‘Paris (1948)’ by Louis le Brocquy, ‘The Prisoners’ by Patrick Collins and ‘Women of Belfast’ by William ConorSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In: Who’s that up in the Gods?Published: October 1st, 1979. Photograph by Kevin McMahonSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
