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‘It’s Charlie. Come quick. They’re all dead’
Eyewitnesses recall horror of attack at Paris magazine office
‘Charlie Hebdo’: why jihad came to Paris
With Europe’s largest Muslim population, France sees itself as a model of equality. Yet Islamists view it as a profoundly anti-Muslim country at war with the Islamic world
French political parties endorse unity and put the national interest first – for now
Hollande appeals for national unity and so far the political truce has held
In defence of Michel Houellebecq
The controversial French writer, who was on the cover of this week’s ‘Charlie Hebdo’, again tests the limits of free speech in his new novel, the provocative ‘Submission’
French controversialist Michel Houellebecq takes another tilt at Islam
Political fiction reflects French obsession with Islam, writes Lara Marlowe
Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
Brought to Book: Rob Doyle on Keith Talent, Nietzsche’s morals and stone-cold classics
‘I’m grateful to the authors of shorter books, because my concentration is shot from the internet and all the coffee’
Kevin Barry wins Impac literary award
City of Bohane, thriller set in a futuristic west of Ireland, takes €100,000 prize
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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