On a longer-than-expected trek in the heat of Santorini, I waited anxiously for the inevitable migraine attack – but it never came

Reviews of Lagan Lights, The Bridge to Always and Wrong Women

Novel envisages a society where chronic pain is the norm

Many disabled artists would opt for the ‘humble’ option of requesting lesser or no payment for work. Reaching for the stars is too risky

Without the structure of a formal belief system, we have the freedom to create our own understanding of life

I am not someone who typically engages with migraine beyond living with it ... It takes up enough of my time as it is

Highly imaginative narrative follows an Irishman’s quest to create a utopia in Latin America

You might consider my boyfriend’s take important to me. We are, after all, relatively new together

How bad do I want it? I mulled over the question again while I ate my breakfast of egg and toast

When you live with chronic illness, you can’t afford to make the sacrifices required for what might be a deemed a ‘perfect appearance’

Books by Jane DeLynn, Don Conroy and Jenny Slate

My 33rd birthday came and there was still a big L on the licence in my purse. It was time to get creative

A memoir and a concept book that value warmth in their humour

Memoirs of three people who committed to their take on a better world, with each subject’s political gravity falling to the left

Historian Bobby Aherne has delivered a genuinely entertaining and enlightening book