Highlights

Ten things you need to know about wine

How a man described as ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’ came to dominate global trade policy

Elaine Feeney on her new novel: ‘I was pushing a sort of Chekhov dinner party in the west of Ireland’

‘I’ve kept a secret from my wife for over 20 years. I'm certain she would reject this side of me’

TV View: Be it the Champions League or URC, some days it really is like using Ferraris to spread silage

TV guide: Housewife of the Year, Ginny & Georgia and the other best things to watch this week

David McWilliams: Ireland’s extraordinary education revolution laid bare by two new reports

Donald Clarke: When it comes to ‘howcatchems’, Poker Face is the new Columbo. Respect

Regal Rolls-Royces roll up to help preserve Ireland’s Georgian legacy

Morrissey at the 3Arena review: Singer folds in four Smiths songs over chimeric evening

Florence like a local: The ultimate guide to eating and drinking, from a €6 pasta dish to Tuscan haute cuisine

Breda O’Brien: Dogs are being treated as substitute children. How did we end up here?

My mother’s plan to leave her house to my sister and I could create more problems than solutions

The key to a happy long-term relationship? Permission to let yourselves be boring

Eleanor O'Dwyer: My friends tell me to stop discussing religion on first and second dates

Festival food trucks: Why are their prices soaring?

How to stage an Irish music festival: From All Together Now to Beyond the Pale

Picture story: Druid Theatre prepares to mark 50 years with Shakespeare and Synge

Why restraining yourself at the garden centre will lead to a more beautiful garden