What it’s like to live in Skerries: ‘It’s not perfect but we know we’re lucky’
In The Good Enough Life, University College London’s Prof Daniel Miller writes that ‘it is hard to find a currently existing society that is demonstrably better’
Writers’ block: ‘I forget my characters’ names, whole plots and twists, who the villain turned out to be...’
Authors are immersed in their stories for months at a time. And then a strange thing can happen
Darker days a mere memory now as we revel in the best of times for Irish rugby
Maybe my 10-year-old thinks it’ll be this good forever. I know it can’t be, but I’m not telling her that
Where do writers write? Anywhere they can
From a Martello tower to the seat of a car, writers can find inspiration in many places, but a special location can help. Just beware of the tumble-dryer
Tune in to tune out: authors on music and the writing process
Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft
How do writers of children’s books meet their readers during a pandemic?
Thanks to Zoom , shaking shoulders are a welcome Covid-era form of positive feedback
Wikipedia at 20: Did you know Will Ferrell was once not killed in a paragliding incident?
Its prose is flat, design rudimentary, but Wikipedia remains a triumph of human ingenuity
The future of reading: Paperback, hardback or augmented reality?
The ‘book’ of 2059 may evolve as combination of storytelling, gaming and social media
The future of sport: Older, fitter, more female
Team games are waning, endurance sports are growing, and participation by women is rising
The future of... your TV, music collection and sittingroom
A decade ago who would have guessed Netflix would become an entertainment giant?
Jaunt around the moon? How we'll be holidaying in the future
Climate change, overtourism, space travel and virtual reality will have a huge impact in years to come
How artificial intelligence will do our dirty work, take our jobs and change our lives
Machines will do the jobs we don’t like, but what if they also start to beat us at things we enjoy?
Time has arrived for watches from yesteryear
The vintage watch world has seen huge growth in interest and prices in recent years
Time loop: The plot device that comes back again and again and again
Groundhog Day is considered the best example, but it wasn’t the first – or the last
I got tickets for Hugh Jackman. For my daughter. And for me
My daughter can’t wait for the Greatest Showman at 3Arena – and neither can this Wolverine fan