Europe's far-right is deeply divided

Nationalists are expected to do well in the European election but their ability to coalesce is doubtful

‘A new battle for civilisation’: Bernard-Henri Lévy’s war on populism

The French celebrity public intellectual on Brexit, his enemies and changing the world

The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer

A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages

Europe ‘coming apart before our eyes’, say 30 writers, historians and nobel laureates

Despite its ‘mistakes, lapses, and occasional acts of cowardice’, Europe remains ‘the second home of every free man and woman’

Shellfish Politics – An Irishman’s Diary about the diplomatic complications of Lough Foyle

Europe holds its breath as France prepares to vote

Presidential candidates make late push as final polls show Macron well ahead of Le Pen