The times we lived inGoing, going, gone Published September 29th, 1989 Photograph by Paddy WhelanSat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
A writer making sense of life's 'awful muddle'AS I stand on the front porch of Jennifer Johnston’s stately home on the outskirts of Derry, trying to figure out how to ring…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiarySince it was founded in 1999, the poetry magazine The SHOp has published work by the biggest names in Irish poetry, as well as…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
How to tell a perfect storyEven in our multimedia culture, the art of spinning a yarn is thrivingTue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
Why these parts of Penguin need preservingThe first casualty in the Penguin/Random House merger could be the Penguin Classics and Modern Classics series, and that would…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryTHERE’S A road near where I live; an ordinary suburban road lined with houses of all shapes and sizesMon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
The oldest wringer in townTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: NO PRIZES FOR spotting Sonny Knowles, showband singer and man about town, dressed as his trademark debonair…Sat Oct 20 2012 - 01:00
The Times we lived inTHE DEV YOU KNOW Published on October 14th, 1962 Photograph by Jimmy McCormackSat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Great gourd almightyTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: Published on October 26th, 1991 Photograph by Peter Thursfield.Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Drama in the detailIn humanising the complexities of the Great Famine, John Kelly’s emotional history of the time makes for a compelling and heartbreaking…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
The times we lived inSMILE. CLICK. And the happy faces of nine women are captured on celluloidSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Room with a different viewSince the success of her novel ‘Room’, Emma Donoghue can write whatever she wants and never what she’s told toSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Michael Longley wins €5,000 poetry prizeTHE WINNER of this year’s DLR Poetry Now award is Michael Longley, for his collection A Hundred Doors.Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
All The Young DudesTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: AS ANOTHER SCHOOL year swings into top gear under a cloud of economic doom and gloom, it’s hard not to…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Uncertain prospectsTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: IT WAS A Dazzling Prospect right enough: a new play from the popular Irish writer Molly Keane, with two…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Veterans battle it out for prestigious Poetry Now award for best collectionFIVE POETRY collections have been shortlisted for The Irish Times dlr Poetry Now award 2012Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryWHERE were you when JFK was shot? Most people of a certain age can tell you what they were doing on November 22nd 1963, but one…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
Shiver sistersTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: THIS DELIGHTFUL shot was captured by our eagle-eyed photographer Alan Betson at a Bread and Roses pageant…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
'I just want to draw a rainbow pony'Visitors to West Cork Literary Festival were treated to an eclectic mix of poetry, prose, advice from experts and, indeed, one…Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Writers land in Bantry for festivalIT MAY have started as a sort of sidebar shoot at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, but over 15 years Bantry’s West Cork …Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Science superstarsPublished on October 8th, 1983 Photograph by Peter Thursfield irishtimes.com/archiveSat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
'I'm at last beginning to learn how to write, and I can let the writing mind dream'After 19 novels John Banville believes he’s getting the hang of it – and relaxingSat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Walking into the wild once moreMOST OF us operate in a world of road maps. Big print, clear lines, motorways, junctions and tollsTue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Snakes alive! Published on July 30th, 1994THE TIMES WE LIVED IN: SOME PICTURES ARE worth a thousand words. Others make words outlandishly redundantSat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryMY copy of the Lonely Planet Guide to Ireland – a very old one, admittedly – describes Adrigole, Co Cork as a place where “not…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
The times we lived inI HAVE A COUSIN in Texas who adores JP Donleavy, and reckons The Ginger Man is a work of sublime geniusSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Girl powerTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: CELEBRITIES UNDER the hammer? Nowadays the phrase has a relentlessly red-top ring, but on this photographic…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
The times we lived inAND WE THINK Jedward’s hairdos are scary? They’re mild, frankly, compared to Michelle Rocca’s curly-wurly perm and Pat Kenny’…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Bram Stoker: a century in the shadowsTHE MAN: HE WAS BORN INTO a middle-class Church of Ireland household in Marino Crescent in ClontarfWed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Bram Stoker: a Dub off the old blockTHE CITY: IS BRAM STOKER really a Dublin writer? Absolutely, says Jarlath Killeen of the English department of Trinity College…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
New focus for Dublin's pocket theatreAT the end of this month, the curtain will fall for good on the Focus Theatre at Dublin’s Pembroke Place.Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Sweeping horror into the lightINTERVIEW: Elliot Perlman drew from his family history in his novel, ‘The Street Sweeper’, about the pain people carry after…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Putting the past through a grinderGlenn Patterson’s latest novel delves into the history of his native Belfast, before the trendy Titanic Quarter, before even …Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Paperbacks: our picks of the latest releasesThe Folded Earth, Ten Stories About Smoking, A Widow’s Story, Nowhere to Run, That Unearthly Valley: A Donegal ChildhoodSat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
Peace on trackTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: YOU’D NEVER GUESS, from the exuberant expressions and obvious delight of this happy band of people, that…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
Exhibit A in a 2,000-year-old mysteryTHE Shroud of Turin. A full-length, double-sided, front-and-back image of a crucified man imprinted on yellowed linenMon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Infection controlTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: IT HAS A wonderfully sinister feel, this photographSat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Take a leaf out of the book for mindful childrenOnce the doyenne of the big-screen comedy circuit, Goldie Hawn has turned her attention to the subject of inner peaceTue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
Wish I was anywhere but hereTRAVEL: You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain , By Tim Moore, Jonathan Cape, 277pp. £11.99Sat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
In treatment for a novel addictionFREUD IS IN the air. Hard on the heels of A Dangerous Method , the big-screen version of the great psychiatrist’s ongoing altercation…Wed Feb 29 2012 - 00:00
The short story gets bigIS 2012 THE year of the short story? It certainly looks that way; as winter turns to spring, story collections are blossoming…Sat Feb 25 2012 - 00:00
Taking the (sir) MichaelTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: OUR PHOTOGRAPHER David Sleator snapped these two Michaels – no, wait, not just two Michaels but two Sir…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Beauty and the beasts‘BEAUTY IS TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY,” declared the poet John Keats, carried away by a glimpse of a Grecian urnSat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryTHIS YEAR, 2012, may or may not turn out to be the end of the Mayan calendar, and thus of life as we know it – but already it…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Richard Nixon's visitTHE TIMES WE LIVED IN: WHEN RICHARD Nixon visited Ireland in October 1970, it’s a safe bet that his aim was to make a name for…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
