Harboured Fugitive: On wartime, Patrick Campbell and ‘lapidary crap’

An Irishman’s Diary

My World – and Welcome to It (1942) by James Thurber: A perceptive comic showcase

This collection by the New Yorker writer includes a standout turn by Walter Mitty

20 great travel movies to take you around the world while you’re stuck at home

From city breaks to train trips, Rome to the Amazon, these are all on streaming services

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British politics this week like the mad scenes in King Lear

Boris Johnson’s Brexit ploy has always been innately absurd

ID Required: An old cartoon causes the Irishman’s Diarist to question his identity

An Irishman’s Diary

Republican ticket likely to come down to horse-trading in Cleveland

A contested convention may see unusual tactics to win over unbound party delegates

Trevor Moran to play key part in building a new Noma

The Dubliner is returning to Denmark to work in René Redzepi’s new restaurant

Veteran lawmakers call time on serving in ‘obnoxious’ US Congress

America Letter: traditional solutions are not succeeding in overcoming wide Congress’s ideological divisions

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Donald Clarke's great big autumn movie preview

What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year