Author Emma Donoghue: ‘I grew up very normal, yet had this secret side that I thought everyone would consider foul’
The writer on literary reputation, emigration and ‘the crushing weight of being the only gay in the village’
Robert Harris
The best crime fiction of 2024: Robert Harris, Jane Casey, Joe Thomas, Kellye Garrett, Stuart Neville and many more
Declan Burke, Elizabeth Mannion and Brian Cliff round up their favourite crime novels of the year
Conclave: Ralph Fiennes is flawless in Robert Harris’s preposterously gripping drama of papal electioneering
This heavily plotted adaptation moves at a dizzying clatter as revelation upends revelation
The right must stop treating ‘appeasement’ as the root of all evil
US Politics: A misreading of history has led to a botched US policy on Iran and has bolstered Brexit
ClassicsNow festival set to bring ancient Greece and Rome to life
Theatre, dance and literature events can all be enjoyed online
Why do we keep asking artists what they think of Brexit?
The notion of ‘culture’ has been complicated and diluted by its co-option for so many uses
British in west Cork fearful about what Brexit deal – or no deal – will bring
Travel, border controls and pension rights are becoming a real worry
Big question of the Tory conference: where are the youth?
The average age of party members is 72, and the conference felt like a large funeral
'Britain has a sense of moral superiority most other countries don't feel'
In ‘Munich’, Robert Harris exorcises a lifelong obsession by challenging the British myths he grew up with about the second World War
Obsession with World War played role in Brexit, says Harris
Robert Harris, author of ‘Fatherland’, returns to the Inside Politics podcast
Dublin Festival of History: JFK, Harry Potter and Nicholas II up for discussion
UK’s Chris Patten, novelist Robert Harris and war correspondent Martin Bell to attend
Brexit vote should have required 55%, says author Harris
Best selling author believes democratic institutions are under pressure from ‘unbridled populism’
Wild Geese: On the crest of a wave in Portugal
Within a year of skippering a boat for the summer Robert Harris had set up Algarve Yacht
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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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices