The Ukrainian female commander fighting Putin’s forces: ‘If I have to choose between death and captivity, I will choose death’
Niall Williams: ‘I am here to write the books I’m supposed to write, not the books an Irish Times reviewer would like’
Cillian Murphy: ‘You had the Kerry babies, the moving statues, no abortion, no divorce. It was like the dark ages’
John Creedon: ‘I was always being sent away, not because they didn’t love me, but because they couldn’t cope’
‘I knew ... I couldn’t stay with him any more ... I had a husband who was addicted to drugs and raping me’
Éanna Ní Lamhna: ‘In 1970 we had twice as much biodiversity as we have now. Twice as much: 90 per cent of our curlews are gone’
Beth O’Brien: How to make the perfect gluten-free cake, with a little help from Jamie, Nigella and Ottolenghi