It’s oh so quiet: Exploring the role of silence in music
Experimental composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro-Liu’s 2013 work, asleep, wind, voice, poe gets its Irish premiere this month
Immediate Family: Compassionate story about family ties that will always bind
Book review: A thought-provoking debut novel on adoption from Ashley Nelson Levy
Arts&Antiques: Hollywood vision of Ireland on offer in collectors’ sale
Other auction highlights include signed Harry Potter books and a diamond ring
The Masque of the Red Death – Rediscovering Poe through prism of Covid-19
Restoration of 1964 Corman adaptation confirms continuing relevance of film and source
Poe Pourri – Frank McNally on 1960s ballrooms, the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe, and remembering Parnell
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Fintan O'Toole: Trump's illusion of immunity has been exposed by the virus
Covid-19 reveals the great weakness of authoritarianism: the leader’s body
Margaret Atwood’s Isolation Diary: How to foil squirrels and sew face masks
The Handmaid’s Tail author shares some practical advice from locked-down Canada
Coronavirus: France turns to literature amid the despair of pandemic
Paris Letter: The French are finding relevance in books about epidemics and confinement
Richard Stanley: ‘I’m the guy for the doomed project’
The cult director on tackling the ‘unfilmable’ work of HP Lovecraft and ‘mad’ Nicolas Cage
The Lighthouse: Willem Dafoe is the best screen villain since Daniel Day Lewis
Review: Robert Pattinson’s easy naturalism curdles into something unnerving and evil
Time’s up as private collector sells 800 watches and clocks at Sotheby’s
Some rare and unusual time pieces are coming on the international market in the coming months, including a pocket watch owned by the writer Edgar Allan Poe
The Secret of Marrowbone: it’s familiar, but not always eerily familiar
Review: It’s a shame Sergio G Sánchez didn’t stretch himself more in his directorial debut
My brain scan: a look at the organ I have carried in my skull for half a century
I need to know why I’ve developed weak legs. But what else will the scan tell me?
The Lost Boys 30 years on: the vampire film to rule them all
The teen horror cult classic had it all: the two Coreys, sex appeal and great one-liners
‘It’s a pretty scary moment’: Travels in Trump’s America
Suzanne Lynch takes the heartbeat of Trump’s US. Part one: North Carolina
The Possessions review: sexual obsession from beyond the grave
Sara Flannery Murphy’s intriguing debut merges the worlds of the living and the dead
Macnas brings magic to streets of Dublin on Halloween night
‘Great British Bake Off’ judge Paul Hollywood among thousands who attended parade
Not sleeping well? It’s no wonder you can’t remember anything...
Loss of a single night’s sleep is enough to block your brain’s natural reset mechanism
Donnybrook redbrick with a tale to tell
36 Belmont Avenue is a five-bedroom Victorian house in turnkey condition
The big draw: an A to Z of great children’s illustrators
Illustrations are a touchstone of children’s literature. Here is a potted guide to the artists behind some of the best-loved stories
Wardrobing: A Christmas party outfit fit for a teen
More exposed flesh means a high chance of burning yourself with molten turkey gravy. Make a splash with colour and pattern instead
10 scary stories for Halloween
You may be too old to go trick or treating, but are you brave enough to read one of these tales before you go to sleep tonight?
Spooky stories you won’t want to read in bed: Through the Woods
Review: Emily Carroll’s beautiful book is confidently written and lavishly designed
Angel Haze: ‘Rap is the only uncensored version of life’
The rapper, just 22, is unusually honest, from her lyrics about a rape when she was a child to social-media posts about her relationship with Ireland Baldwin
Fanimal fiction
Adapted from the children’s book by Michael Morpurgo, ‘War Horse’ is currently showing in Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Here are 10 of our favourite literary quotes inspired by animals
A book, a baby and a fairytale cottage
An Irish-American writer reflects on how she came to live the dream
Does it matter who invented Bitcoin?
The alleged revelation about the real Satoshi Nakamoto is a sideshow
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