The Wonders: a finely observed novel about working-class Spanish heroines
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Blockhead frontman’s complex kind and cruel nature is subject of book by his son
Failure to offer a head on a platter behind savaging of mother and baby report
Advocacy groups expected therapeutic judgment – but got home truths instead
Four new films to see this weekend
Kajillionaire in cinemas, David Attenborough, 40-Year-Old Version, My Zoe at home
Patrick Freyne: Britain’s Best Parent? Dominic Cummings, obviously
Entering a show called Britain’s Best Parent? should automatically disqualify you
Good boy! Can you train a baby like a dog?
Review: As one of the ‘desperate parents’ to whom this show is pitched, I’ll try anything
Rebuild Notre Dame as a living church, not as a tourist attraction
The cathedral touches the longing for something more in all of us. It must be rebuilt to honour the reason it was built in the first place
Minding the Gap: The full range of documentary skills are on display
Review: There’s something iffy about the way Bing Liu edited his Oscar-nominated film
If The Great Escape were made today, Twitter would go berserk
Re-released this week, the ‘absolute rubbish’ film is one of the most entertaining movies ever
Cycling is a healthy pastime, sport and commuting option, but it demands awareness
‘As participation in cycling grows, increased investment in awareness and safety needs to be focused at protecting this vulnerable group of road users’
It's 2019 so prepare for the end-of-decade rankings
Donald Clarke: Come the post-Brexit woes, we’ll all love a good round-up, right?
Mourners bid farewell to ‘beguiling’ critic Eileen Battersby
Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’
Cork in the 80s: documenting a difficult decade in the city’s history
Inspired by profiles of Detroit and New York, Michael Moynihan tackled the city of his youth
Patrick McCabe: On My Culture Radar
The writer on why Twin Peaks: The Return is ‘the greatest artwork of the 21st century’
The deepest of human longing: A crucible of reason strengthens faith
Notre Dame-Newman Centre project aims to honour legacy of inquiry
Paul Simon: Farewell and thank you to a near mythic troubadour
Paul Simon’s last Irish concert the RDS Dublin will be an intense, emotional evening
Leaving Cert English paper 2: Relief as predicted poets appear
No unpleasant surprises in an exam which asserts the importance of literature
On Chesil Beach: Saoirse Ronan’s new film not wholly satisfying
Review: Ian McEwan’s own script cannot find a cinematic substitute for his sharp prose
Ian McEwan: adapting books for movies is ‘technically challenging’
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
This Album Changed My Life: The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
Steve Wall of The Stunning on a classic album from the Fab Four
Champions League win with City would be Pep’s Porto moment
Champions have been a rare gift in contrast to Man United’s expensive brand of stodge
Shy newsreader who was one of Ireland’s best-known faces
Don Cockburn: born March 13th, 1930, died September 5th, 2017
Breda O’Brien: Irish people need to talk about death
Capitalism seems to have left us unable to deal with suffering in a meaningful way
Sgt Pepper’s: when The Beatles got high on pomposity
Who knows when Sgt Pepper by The Beatles was first declared the greatest LP of all time? It’s not even their best
London Letter: David Hockney a rare Brexiteer among British cultural giants
Most British writers today are Remainers. Which side would past literary giants take?
Another Life: On having no desire to live for ever
I would like to hang around to see final episodes of US’s bizarre rush into trumpery
Searching for meaning this Christmas
At heart of Christmas is a story that challenges us when we become engulfed in consumerism
London Letter: Brexit recalls rebel spirit of the 1960s
A new exhibition about the decade celebrates Britain when it was at its most thrilling
Bob Dylan the poet: songs and lyrics that delivered Nobel prize
From the apocalyptic vision of A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall to the complex meditations of Ain’t Talkin’, Dylan delivers poetry in emotion
Tiger Dublin Fringe: five ways to choose what to see
From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick
So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
Hurray for September evenings – but boo to rain at the Electric Picnic
Hull’s bright start more a blip than trend – they’re still relegation fodder
The club’s good start surely cannot last and they remain joint favourites to go down
Loudon Wainwright III: ‘I had issues with my parents’
The musician tackles some of his long-standing family issues in his latest undertaking
Shakespeare and me: Irish writers on the Bard's best bits
Some admirers celebrate the playwright’s work on the 400th anniversary of his death
Radio: It’s a struggle to move on when all roads lead to Paris
Review: ‘Sunday with Miriam’, ‘Marian Finucane’, ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Off the Ball’, ‘Tom Dunne’, ‘Moth’
Historian of Stalinism and robust right-wing polemicist
Robert Conquest: July 15th, 1917 - August 3rd, 2015
Radio: Silly season gets serious as ‘Liveline’ turns to Greek crisis
Review:‘Bright Sparks’, 'Liveline' and 'Pat Kenny Show'
The first World War: “Never such innocence again”
The Great War transformed our understanding of war, forcing writers to describe the world in new ways, and in a new language
Peter Swanson: ‘Being lost in a book is one of the greatest feelings in the world’
Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Kind Worth Killing on Harry Potter, Lucky Jim and his other favourite reads
Irish society appears to be divesting itself of its Christian heritage
Christ was erased from the seasonal lexicon last Christmas
The best thing since sliced bread? A ban on sliced pan
White bread – or, rather, ‘water standing up’ – can kill swans. So should we be eating it?
Leaving Cert English 2: Heaney goes astray
Writer shows up Unseen Poetry and not in Prescribed Poetry - as many were expecting
Word for Word: Let the ears of your ears awake
Hearing a Philip Larkin poem on his car radio caused Roger McGough to pull in and weep uncontrollably
Her wetsuit wasn’t sexy and felt as cold as a fish
There were huge waves in Mullaghmore on the day my friend died
How lucky we are there was a man such as Nelson Mandela
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart, wrote Yeats. The miracle of Nelson Mandela is that 27 years of imprisonment did not harden his soul
How lucky we are there was a man such as Nelson Mandela
The miracle of Mandela is that 27 years of imprisonment did not harden his soul
Hey, I’m only 50. What would I want with ‘peace of mind’?
Opinion: Much has changed, and for the better, in the half-century since sex began
Heaney’s words music to the ears of Paul Simon in New York tribute to poet
Marie Heaney attends emotional tribute to late poet
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