Twist by Colum McCann: Surprising and electric, a wired-up story of what it means to bend yourself into new shapes
A novel that rolls across continents on seas of emotion that find their form in glorious passages of writing
Oscar Wilde
An Irishman at Oxford: It was an education in being an outsider. I felt alienated from the very start
The good, the bad and the ugly parts of studying English through Irish eyes at Oxford
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
A New York Times book critic spent five days in Dublin. Here’s how he got on
The city is a soulful playground for the kind of people who have spectacles on their nose and autumn in their hearts
Running commentary - Frank McNally on the statues of Dublin’s Merrion Square
The southern and western sides lack any statues – moving or otherwise
The Devil’s Spine Band: Arrows of the Golden Moon – Undeniably ambitious but ultimately disjointed
The album, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s trip to Colorado, features luminaries of the Irish independent scene
John Weldon: ‘Don’t buy her a diamond ring without her express input’
Highlights of the busiest week in the auction calendar include a lock of Oscar Wilde’s hair, a Harry Potter first edition, and a rare 007 Omega watch
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they end
The best music, art, literature and more coming your way between Saturday, October 14th, and Friday, October 20th
Capturing the ancients’ dazzling queer energy in image and story
When we consider the many and ongoing erasures of queer history, the baffling silences of the archives, it is deeply moving to see a world, far off from our own, with queerness flowing through its very fabric
A secret gay history of UK espionage: ‘The skill-set of homosexuals and spies overlapped’
Huw Lemmey, a novelist and host of the Bad Gays podcast, has made the intriguing spy film Ungentle
A life of leisure: is it on the horizon and would we be able to handle it?
We should prioritise rest now, rather than waiting for an automated future that may never arrive
Would Oscar Wilde have survived in the #MeToo era?
Hugh Linehan: Wilde and Roman Polanski both took advantage of positions of power and privilege to sexually exploit young people
Grand: Becoming My Mother’s Daughter – A compelling search for identity
Noelle McCarthy’s debut memoir has plenty of tragic moments but is shot through with dark humour
German chancellor’s Oscar Wilde misquote looks like carelessness
Europe Letter: A citation by Olaf Scholz sounded more like something that would be shared on LinkedIn
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