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German doctor studied gender and sexuality and coined ‘transsexual’ term in 1920s
Colm Tóibín says some Protestants in North regard Republic as ‘strange and foreign place’
‘I think the question to ask people is: How much more tax would you pay to fund Northern Ireland?’
Björn Andrésen: ‘I was extremely uncomfortable’
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is a new documentary about the pressures imposed on the young star of Death in Venice
‘Newly discovered’ Lavery to be auctioned at end of June
The painting, In Morocco, has been in the same family collection since the 1930s
The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and more
Authors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this year
Long, hot summers: The danger and drama of heatwaves in literature
Under a burning sun, forbidden desires are ignited and there is a slow melting of rules
The struggle between success and succession
Fewer than a third of family businesses survive into the second generation
Olivia Cooke: ‘Colm Meaney does everything with a wink and it’s so delicious’
The Manchester actor on making the leap to Hollywood, and starring in new Irish-set film Pixie
How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?
From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th century
Fintan O’Toole: ‘The withering god of fever swoops on us’
Artists have always sought to find meaning in pandemics, plagues and mass infections
Galway’s ‘Swansong’ festival offers talent and retrospective themes
Music for Galway programme is full of highlights with promise of new cello festival
The nine best Netflix shows to watch in September
‘Maniac’ is the most eagerly-awaited show of the streaming service’s autumn offerings
First impressions: If Angela Merkel was a city, she would be Hamburg
My new home is the German economic miracle in action. It is also beautiful
Thien leads shortlist for Baileys Women’s prize for Fiction
Three British writers among contenders as some big names omitted from final list
Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer
Four potential Nobel literature laureates are in the running for the €57,000 prize
Meet the man who will redesign the US ambassador’s house
'No beige', says Carleton Viney, who has been asked to redesign the next US ambassador's Phoenix Park residence
Helmut Schmidt: free-spirited, intellectual, iron-willed
Derek Scally: former German chancellor, who has died at 96, commanded huge respect
George O’Brien: ‘Writing has taught me to be disciplined, to be patient, to persist’
Brought to Book Q&A: Irish author and academic on how he writes and what he reads
Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’
Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he reads
Philip Hensher: ‘Don’t aspire to be an author. Just aspire to write a particular book’
‘I’ve read Proust four times and every time it felt like a major punctuation mark in my life’
12 great German works to mark Reformation Day
Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door 497 years ago today. Now Eileen Battersby nails her German colours to the mast
Women on the verge of a tumultuous showdown: Women in Dark Times, by Jacqueline Rose
Review: profiles of Rosa Luxemburg, Marilyn Monroe and Charlotte Salomon – or feminism as extended psychoanalysis
Iron Gustav: Could this be one of the finest novels any of us will ever read?
Review: Finally available in its complete form, Hans Fallada’s tome is a masterful study of dire adversity
Incompetent Republicans bungle themselves into a corner
The GOP is only just beginning to realise that Barack Obama will stand firm over the shutdown
Italo Calvino, Letters 1941-1985, selected and with an introduction by Michael Wood, translated by Martin McLaughlin.
A vastly entertaining collection, meticulously edited and annotated
1913: The Year Before the Storm, Florian Illies
A month-by-month cultural portrait of 1913 reveals a world that was about to change forever
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