The novelist Maggie O’Farrell on leaving Ireland, growing up in Britain, life as a child with a stammer and her new book
Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Oisín Kearney and Michael Patrick’s inventive staging exposes some of the play’s bile
‘We ask what happens when you have a life-threatening disease and only a few years to live,’ says the actor, who was diagnosed with MND last year
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Exit, Pursued by a Bear might sound absurd, but it opens up a world of dramatic connections
Gorgeous streets, riverside coffees, boutiques and inspiring art - a trip to Verona provides wide drama and intimate moments
The author on Nero’s mother, Queen Elizabeth’s death and how to find errors in your own writing
The first ‘Juliet’s secretary’ is believed to have been Ettore Solimani, known as ‘the guardian of Juliet’s tomb’
You still have an awful lot of fans out there. They gave me an insight into how you probably felt that March day in the forum
Minister for Media Catherine Martin’s ‘deep disappointment’ with Siún Ní Raghallaigh is much ado about absolutely nothing
Irish actors will play William Shakespeare and Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway
In a Word ... Sloth
From Liz Bonnin’s Caribbean adventure to the true story of an Irish serial killer in London
Dazzling follow-up to Let Me Tell You raises questions about the nature of self
The journalist was slated for daring question whether the plays attributed to Shakespeare could have been written by a woman
The humanities are faltering, but, amid the rise of artificial intelligence, we have never needed than more than we do now
The star of Kin and Herself talks perseverance, the power of storytelling and the problem with dear old Dublin
Lyric Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s doomed romance emphasises the contemporary at expense of the universal
Seen & Heard: Jay Bourke’s debts, Gan’s results, and homes at O’Devaney Gardens also make the headlines
Star Trek: Picard is lost in nostalgia and doing its best to be no fun
Book review: French feminist urges modern women to consider the term ‘witch’
‘Farewell ceremony’ in Mount Jerome featured music chosen by the Freeman of Dublin
World records for Clarke’s Bluebeard’s Last Wife and Hone’s Composition
Former Ireland winger’s Shelbourne appointment warmly greeted all round
A complex formula involving several variables dictates whether the word is appropriate
I wanted Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney to come up, with Paul Durcan as back-up. All three came up!
An Irishwoman’s Diary on auditing your lockdown goals
Z Nation, The Monkees, Buffy and 2000AD are fine examples of brilliance by stealth
The pandemic usurped the artist in 2020. But live performance has long proved resilient
Planet Business: The times they are a-changin’
Peep Show star is ‘depressed’ by Brexit but tries to focus on the ‘greatest aim’ of being funny
Provost says it is time for sculptures in Long Room library to better represent diversity
Rough Magic brings Much Ado About Nothing to Kilkenny Arts Festival while Asylum Productions visits Callan’s dark history in The Big Chapel X
Brexit is, in its own mad way, a version of that great British tradition, heroic failure
International away trips are being co-opted but football has resisted before
Delirium has often been dismissed as simply ‘the patient is just confused, it will pass’
Fortgranite home to generations of a hunting shooting and scientific family
Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize
A rediscovered dictionary of historical slang highlights some bawdy delights of the past
Review: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actor
Dr Muiris Houston: A body of evidence links shift work with diabetes, heart disease and cancer
His new film ‘The Post’ neatly captures the Trumpian zeitgeist. But the director worries that ‘four-quadrant superhero franchises’ will drive these old-school films out of cinemas
The DUP’s brinkmanship and manoeuvring have exposed Britain’s powerlessness
Danish newspaper has suggested that Eriksen is worth more than the full Ireland team
His works have been adapted by Rob Reiner, Brian De Palma, Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg. And we’re soon to see more adaptations on screen
Ireland’s image as rebel nation where each Catholic suspected of treason persisted for hundreds of years
Concern after Murrayfield loss is that things may get harder before they get easier
Songwriter’s speech read out at the Nobel prize-giving dinner in Sweden
In the hands of Filter Theatre, live music and comedy shake up Shakespeare’s classic
Leave campaigners cling to ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘This scepter’d isle’. They’ve misunderstood both William Blake and Shakespeare
Barcelona Letter: Commerce and ritual mask mixed emotions on day of regional pride
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
