Martin Amis obituary: A writer who combined moral seriousness with mordant wit
His loss will be felt keenly at a time when Anglophone literature is mired in a charmless and po-faced moral earnestness
Christopher Hitchens
Janan Ganesh: The US’s vaunted turn to the left is plainly stalling
The Democratic right may be out of favour – but it has a decisive say in running the country
David O’Doherty: ‘Sexual assault in Irish comedy … They’re not allegations … they happened’
The comedian on podcasting from Achill, his new children’s book, and comedy culture
Children tied to beds, nuns who flogged themselves, filthy homes: Was Mother Teresa a cult leader?
The Missionaries of Charity was a hive of psychological abuse, say former members
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
RTÉ’s Sam Bennett faux pas adds insult to imagery
Mistaken identity as Bennett, arguably, robbed at the RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year
My first thought when Gordon D’Arcy asked me to do a kid's book: how do I get out of this?
The children’s book by D’Arcy and Howard is a boy’s own story, a kind of abridged version of the rugby player’s career
Belfast, 1969: The Troubles were coming
In an extract from his memoir, Malachi O’Doherty recalls the end of his childhood, 50 years ago
The difference between the average unionist and average nationalist? Not much
The Twelfth weekend neatly illustrates Freud’s ‘narcissism of small differences’
Why it is time for the US to embrace the class struggle
US politics: This faultline feels less fraught than rifts over race, gender and sexuality
‘Close to death? I got tied up in an armed robbery when I was 24’
In Conversation: Emmet Kirwan and Ian Lloyd Anderson
Ian McEwan: adapting books for movies is ‘technically challenging’
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
Tape measure: does the Kinesio strip work?
Many of the world’s elite athletes can be seen sporting Kinesio Tape, which claims to successfully treat musculoskeletal problems – but scientists are not convinced
As a call for resistance, ‘Enlightenment Now’ is a howl into the wind
UK Politics: Should liberals defend globalism or match populists’ drastic promises?
Politics and religion mix appropriately over Eighth Amendment
It is proper for religious believers to defend the constitutional safeguard
Dáil wear: Mick Wallace and Boyd Barrett display uniforms of choice
‘Michael Healy-Rae can continue his family’s tradition of dressing for a coursing meet’
The conflict between theists and atheists has become a godawful bore
For large sections of the population, Christianity is of no more interest than astrology, flat-Earthism or water dousing. It is no longer even worth rejecting.
Ian O’Riordan: Sporting autobiographies not telling the full story
It’s not easy to get a proper perspective on one’s career what career is still ongoing
Kathy Sheridan: The appalling decline in the quality of public insults
We all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgar
2016: The 50 best films on Netflix
While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’
Unthinkable: Are scientists wrong to dismiss astrology?
Philosopher (and Capricorn) Martin Cohen says star signs deserve a serious look
Mick Heaney: My father’s famous last words
Seamus Heaney’s son writes about his father’s final message to his family: ‘Noli timere’
Best of Enemies review: Buckley v Vidal
The animosity between a pair of US political pundits makes for a diverting documentary
New Atheists . . .‘shallow’, ‘naive’, ‘dangerous’
Scientific and moral progress do not walk hand in hand
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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