The Stranger review: eerily beautiful, psychologically acute Camus adaptation
François Ozon’s project, though touched with adjacent misery, represents a desirable sort of existence
Albert Camus
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The Stranger director François Ozon: ‘The Cure are one of my favourite groups. It was good to put Killing an Arab in the context of the book’
The French film director on the challenges and appeal of adapting Albert Camus’s tricky novella
Abominable atrocities and our moral culpability
Philosopher and writer Albert Camus knew the darkness of the human soul
Four stories that Albert Camus might choose to tell if he were alive today
Author’s speech 80 years ago, on how ideology is used to excuse or celebrate death, feels suddenly current
In Ireland, we’ll talk about anything except the meaning of life
Unthinkable: The voice of the Catholic Church in Irish education should be commended for raising the question of ‘purpose’
Caligula, at Dublin Theatre Festival, resonates as a meditation on tyranny and resistance
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: This Ukrainian take on Camus’s play is a compelling political statement rather than convincing drama
People are ‘stretched to breaking point’ says Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Advises parishes ‘to be courageous in moving beyond ways that no longer work in the Ireland of today’
What Albert Camus can teach us about friendship
Unthinkable: Can you be friends with someone whose politics you oppose?
Long, hot summers: The danger and drama of heatwaves in literature
Under a burning sun, forbidden desires are ignited and there is a slow melting of rules
Micheál Martin wants us to have ‘a meaningful Christmas’ – but what does that mean?
Unthinkable: Perhaps existentialism can help us navigate the Taoiseach’s suggestion
Ghost of Juliette Gréco lingers over Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris Letter: Performer sang of her beloved city, of amour, rebellion and fleeting pleasures
Seán Moncrieff: Laundry is the ultimate absurdist pursuit
Laundry and Camus both have a lot to teach us about our weird life cycle. Think about it
Ten philosophers to help us through the coronavirus crisis
Unthinkable: Sartre and Schopenhauer make the list but Peig Sayers deserves inclusion too
Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?
Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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