Read this and weep: Books that made writers cry
John Boyne, Edel Coffey, Ferdia Lennon, Sarah Gilmartin and a dozen other authors and critics on books that had a profound emotional effect on them
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A Malarkey in Clear Air – Frank McNally on an American war hero with a funny name
An Irishman’s Diary
Jennifer O’Connell: Margaret Atwood is not the biggest threat to your children’s wellbeing
Yes, schools should be a safe place, as the callers to Liveline insisted. But safe does not mean sanitised
Seán Moncrieff: I’ve fallen out of love with America
There’s a darkness I never saw before. Perhaps it was papered over by all that positivity
When John Steinbeck visited Ireland to trace his ancestral roots
‘Grapes of Wrath’ author believed his mother’s Irish lineage inspired him to be a writer
A dozen ways to ditch the football
Twelve ways to spend 90 minutes this evening if you have no interest in watching the World Cup
‘It shouldn’t be political to show what it takes for people to survive’
Director Debra Granik on her new film ‘Leave No Trace’ and her biggest movie-making influences
Don’t drink, sleep when you want, get a cat: top 10 writers’ tips on writing
Think you still have that novel in you? Take some writing tips from Leo Tolstoy, Muriel Spark, John Steinbeck and other famous authors
'Once you step over the threshold, you enter Gatsby’s mansion'
Designed to include members of the audience, the Gate Theatre’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel begins at the door
Neil Jordan Riviera controversy: Writers don’t control TV
Analysis: It’s not the writer or director, but the ‘showrunner’, who controls TV drama now
Why we must pay attention to Ireland’s spring of discontent
Concerns over downward social mobility mirror conditions behind Brexit and Trump
Yanis Varoufakis: Greece needs an end to this loop of doom
Greece’s absence from headlines seen as a sign economy has stabilised - it has not
Patrick deWitt: ‘I am oftentimes drawn to unfashionable things’
The Man Booker shortlist author on the joys of Portland, writing modern fairytales, his next project, and why he felt he had no choice but to bin a 300-page novel he had finished
Booze as muse: writers and alcohol, from Ernest Hemingway to Patricia Highsmith
Nobel laureates Faulkner, O’Neill, Hemingway and Steinbeck were alcoholics, as were Brendan Behan, Dylan Thomas, Jean Rhys and many more. Anne O’Neill explores why
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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