Dylan Thomas

Sixty-year-old absurdist comedy in the Civil Service remains as fresh as ever

Writers’ festivals, a leprechaun hunt and Republic of Ireland v Poland soccer match

Eileen Battersby looks at and beyond the three great Thomases – Dylan, RS and Gwyn – to celebrate the rich literary tradition of our Celtic cousins

As he publishes his eighth collection of poetry, 46 years after his first work appeared in print, the Irish Times Poetry Editor recalls how verse insinuated its way into his life via Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas and the Beats

Rare copybook of poet’s written work and scribblings expected to fetch £150,000

President to open new exhibition on centenary of poet Dylan Thomas’s birth

Centenary of the birth of the Welsh poet, who ‘manages to juxtapose the sonorous tones of the pulpit with the intimate squeak of a mouse’

Shed on tour to commemorate centenary of Welsh writer’s birth

Irish Derby winner joined by stable companion and likely pacemaker Leitir Mor

Telescope currently tops betting at 7-4

Trip and quick ground likely to extract best from handler’s contenders

‘Penny Dreadful’, starring Timothy Dalton and Eva Green, is giddy with layers of melodrama. The same can’t be said of our politicians

Review: The deterioration of Behan’s health and talent during his three-year love affair with the US is the subject of a fascinating book

Jackson Pollock puked there, Dylan wrote lyrics there, Nancy Spungen was killed there – could a space as chaotic as the New York hotel exist today?

The laughs are tinged with barbs and pathos in the Coens’ evocative, stylised depiction of a struggling NYC folkie circa 1961