Thermidorian Conditions Apply – Frank McNally on the lingering influence of a revolutionary month

Wordsworth’s daffodils were not lonely – or even alone

Former rugby player Ollie Campbell said he enjoyed the poem because it was ‘simple, like myself’

Three Nobel winners prove economics is not such a dismal science

Esther Duflo’s research in developing countries has practical impact on tackling poverty

The Irish Times view on political leadership: why politicians matter

Recognition of forces that change history is not to deny the role of good leaders, or bad ones

Happiness economics, ‘hygge’ and the world of work

Why companies should be focusing on improving employee well-being

Sap(s) Rising – An Irishman’s Diary on the mixed blessings of April

In praise of London Library: a sanctuary for love and laziness

London Letter: Over 90% of books are on shelves, offering endless hours of browsing

‘You can’t really be a Viking if there isn’t a bit of bloodshed’

The Vikings are back on our screens and in our galleries but the romantic notions of their wild spirit is a cheerful distortion of their culture

TV review: Time to let Luas after two hours of a gripping, real-life murder trial

A courtroom documentary about a man appealing his conviction for killing his wife was compelling viewing

The genius who put Ireland on rails

From railways to roads and canals, William Dargan revolutionised 19th-century Ireland