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An Irishman’s Diary
Emily in Paris tiptoes in the footsteps of Beckett, Lenin and Diderot
An Irishman’s Diary: In which Houellebecq’s latest novel goes head to head with EIP
The Irish Times view on the post-Covid future: there can be no going back
What the world will look like after the pandemic is neither written nor pre-ordained; it will be fought over
Dublin Literary Award: Two Irish authors shortlisted for world’s most valuable books prize
Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize
August 6th, 1945: The day ‘western civilisation’ came to an end
Unthinkable: We’re at a point in history ‘between two civilisations’, argues Desmond Fennell
Paris Letter: Macron and the strange quality of optimism
Sophie Pedder’s new book profiles France’s president as an isolated, gutsy character
The next Elena Ferrante? The best European fiction coming your way
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A writer, his ashes and Paris’s delay in giving him a final resting place
Paris Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at Montparnasse
‘The French elect a president to be a king. Then they want to cut his head off’
Analysis: Lara Marlowe on Emmanuel Macron’s first six months as president
Being Paulie: The rugby evolution of Paul O’Connell
Keith Duggan talks to the former Ireland and Munster lock as he opens up about his career
Lara Marlowe: France has a fatal attraction to the Middle East
France and the jihadists seem locked in a wrestlers’ hold, a mutual fascination and loathing which neither can escape
A week in my ... child psychology clinic
Peadar Maxwell is senior child psychologist for the HSE in Wexford
Houellebecq defends artistic right to produce ‘irresponsible’ works
French author Michel Houellebecq has paid tribute to murdered staff of ‘Charlie Hebdo’
‘Defending terror’ crackdown sparks French debate on free speech
Large numbers of students refused to observe minute’s silence for Charlie Hebdo victims
‘It’s Charlie. Come quick. They’re all dead’
Eyewitnesses recall horror of attack at Paris magazine office
‘Charlie Hebdo’: why jihad came to Paris
With Europe’s largest Muslim population, France sees itself as a model of equality. Yet Islamists view it as a profoundly anti-Muslim country at war with the Islamic world
French political parties endorse unity and put the national interest first – for now
Hollande appeals for national unity and so far the political truce has held
In defence of Michel Houellebecq
The controversial French writer, who was on the cover of this week’s ‘Charlie Hebdo’, again tests the limits of free speech in his new novel, the provocative ‘Submission’
French controversialist Michel Houellebecq takes another tilt at Islam
Political fiction reflects French obsession with Islam, writes Lara Marlowe
Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
Brought to Book: Rob Doyle on Keith Talent, Nietzsche’s morals and stone-cold classics
‘I’m grateful to the authors of shorter books, because my concentration is shot from the internet and all the coffee’
Kevin Barry wins Impac literary award
City of Bohane, thriller set in a futuristic west of Ireland, takes €100,000 prize
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