C S Lewis

How CS Lewis’s Irish childhood influenced the Chronicles of Narnia

The author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination

Wed Apr 23 2025 - 05:14

Sigmund Freud’s home recreated in Ireland for major film starring Anthony Hopkins

Freud’s Last Session, starring the Oscar-winning actor, will feature a replica of psychoanalyst’s famous couch

Mon Feb 13 2023 - 08:43

Strong currents: the pull of the sea, from Mayo to Oslo, in Amanda Bell’s Riptide

Tracing the power of water and art in a poet’s work, from Donald Teskey to Edvard Munch

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 15:50

Delayed honour: the Irish war poets

The politics they returned to meant it is only in recent years that the stories of the Irish men and women who died – and wrote – in the Great War have been heard

Tue May 05 2015 - 01:00

Painful break-up: why do we want art collections to stay together?

There’s an aversion to art galleries breaking up collections and selling their works – but is it a short-sighted policy, and should museums sell some of their pieces to help their home cities?

Thu Dec 05 2013 - 01:00