Trump play a timely reminder of hunger for political satire

London Letter: Mike Bartlett dominates capital’s stages with merciless eye for venal

Jack Higgins, the ‘useless’ Belfast schoolboy who went on to write The Eagle Has Landed, dies at 92

The adventure novelist sold 250 million books. A number of his works have Irish themes

Hinges of History – How Napoleon’s fate may have swung on the closing of a gate at Waterloo

An Irishman’s Diary

Tiz to lay down the law in Kentucky Derby

Irish rider James Graham will be on outsider Major Fed

Tony Awards 2019: Northern Irish drama The Ferryman wins best play

The production, penned by James Bond co-writer Jez Butterworth, tells the tale of a former IRA man in Co Armagh during The Troubles

The Twilight Sad: It Won/t Be Like This All the Time review: fine fifth album from great Scots

‘Brexit: The Uncivil War’ drips with great British humour

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a political tragicomedy with the verve of a tech thriller

O’Brien pursues historic Kentucky Derby success with Mendelssohn

Good start from stall 14 could be crucial to big Irish hope in Lousville

Going down in history – An Irishman’s Diary on the contrasting fates of two notable ships, the ‘WM Barkley’ and the ‘Hougoumont’

Just how many Irish fought at the Battle of Waterloo?

Some 8,500 were involved, according to a serving Irish officer who studied the battle

Big Benn

During more than 60 years in politics, Tony Benn has become known for his honesty, passion and humanity and, at 88, he shows no sign of slowing down