Inhabit the Poem - Last Essays by Helen Vendler: A career of single-minded poetic devotion
The 20th century’s greatest poetry critic looks at the greatest of these poets and chooses WB Yeats
Dylan Thomas
Patti Smith: ‘After the Taylor Swift song, what made me happy was that kids were buying Dylan Thomas books’
The 78-year-old poet, artist and musician on the 50th anniversary of Horses, rock’n’roll as revolution and the first time she heard U2
‘I would now identify as Irish rather than British. It was a very proud day when my Irish passport showed up’
Composer Stephen McNeff was born in Belfast, then grew up in south Wales. His Irishness has become increasingly important to his identity
The Bell Ringer: A glorious, lyrical elegy to ordinary people crafted from a local tragedy
Charlie McCarthy’s play about Dromcollogher cinema fire of 1926 is deeply personal, but it is not a documentary drama
The Puck Stops Here – Frank McNally on the royal goats, psychedelic sheep, and fearsome midges of Kerry
An Irishman’s Diary
Citysong review: An Irish family’s entrancing journey across generations
Dylan Coburn Gray’s play for voices builds up a huge picture through small details
Citysong: Epic drama that gets deep into the Dublin groove
The past is always present in the award-winning new play by Dylan Coburn Gray. Told in verse, it’s like a record of the modern city in which the needle jumps around
The past is always present: This week’s theatre highlights
Dylan Coburn Gray’s Citysong, and Ann Blake’s Morning After the Life Before
Tom Russell - Folk Hotel review: thought back to a Chelsea morning
TOM RUSSELLFolk Hotel ***Proper Records
Coping: What could make someone think so little of me?
A conversation with a man who felt he was superior to me got me thinking
Claim for defamation over Dylan Thomas photographs thrown out
Welsh copyright expert loses case against widow over letter
SDLP devotees have a new surge of hope in their hearts
Colum Eastwood gives stirring speech as he takes party’s helm
New Bay can foil historic treble in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Dual winner Treve bidding to create history by securing a hat-trick of victories
Sovereign Debt can help Fallon return to winning ways
Legendary jockey returns to Tipperary looking for first Irish win in four years
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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