What is Yesteryear and why is everyone talking about it?
This ‘tradwife’ novel by debut novelist Caro Claire Burke is jaw-droppingly good
Dorothy Cross: ‘The beautiful is always bizarre ... It is never about trying to shock’
The artist’s best-known work had a lasting impact. The cabinet of curiosities that is her studio offers an insight into the master behind it
So US aristocrat Belle Burden was never going to be broke after her divorce. Who knew?
A New Yorker article indicates the author of bestselling memoir Strangers had minimised her personal wealth
Behind the scenes at one of Ireland’s oldest jewellery stores Weir & Sons: workshops, rare jewels and €100,000 watches
‘People might come in with a budget, but they often leave with something way above.’ To spend time behind the scenes at Weir & Sons jewellers is to understand a little of the meticulous skill these craftspeople possess
30 years since Nuala O’Faolain’s Are You Somebody? ‘Vibrating with hurt. It leaves a mark’
In her best-selling memoir the Irish author and journalist ‘excavated her own soul and, in so doing, helped us look more closely at ourselves’
Ireland’s chef of the year Ahmet Dede: ‘I was on the path to professional football in Turkey’
Dede was on the path to becoming a professional footballer when an injury derailed his career. He retrained as a chef in Dublin, and has since been transforming a west Cork village into a renowned culinary destination
Your first eight novels disappear into the ether. Then you strike gold
It’s no surprise that Virginia Evans has found huge success with The Correspondent, which is now up for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction
The artists of Sherkin Island off West Cork: ‘You might not see anyone for a couple of weeks’
A BA in Visual Arts organised by TU Dublin has been bringing students to the island off West Cork for 26 years. Some were so inspired by the immersion and isolation that they decided to stay
11 Parnell Square East: Ireland’s new home for poetry and heritage
Home to Poetry Ireland, the public will soon be able to visit the restored Georgian building for events, while the Seamus Heaney library will open in the autumn
‘Your husband is having an affair with my wife’: how the perfect life of an heiress exploded
Belle Burden seemed to have a perfect life. Then her husband walked out on the family. Strangers, her compelling memoir, is now being made into a film
Scarlett Faulkner’s ‘beautiful smile’ remembered at funeral as mourners gather in grief
‘We will get you the justice you deserve,’ sister tells funeral of 29-year-old who died following attack in Tipperary
Inside Ireland’s favourite preloved fashion shops: ‘We’re not driven by trends’
Whether multigenerational family endeavours or first-time businesses, vintage shops are always passion projects
Irish MasterChef finalist Mark O’Brien: ‘The biggest challenge is the feeling of exposure’
Dubliner Mark O’Brien was one of three chefs who made it to the final of the flagship BBC programme
I still remember being transfixed by a front page photograph when I was six
I still remember being transfixed by a front page photograph when I was six
The Ark’s new show: ‘We want children to leave pretending they are moths’
The Last Moth is the Ark’s first co-commission of a work by an adult and a child. So how did the family theatre show come about?