Bard of the Boulevards – Frank McNally on poet Charles Baudelaire, born 200 years ago on this day
An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary
John Banville, Colm Tóibín, Roy Foster among over 100 writers to express dismay over departure of New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma
Beckett’s legacy endures, and reaches far beyond the written word
Madeleine Thien now favourite with symphonic masterwork Do Not Say We Have Nothing
The great French writer Colette was the first French woman to be given a state funeral - although she was denied a Catholic one because of her two divorces
Candour and honesty define the life and work of Edmund White, the prolific American novelist with a genius for expressing the agonies of human sexuality
A wonderfully eccentric, conversational and personalised cultural history of Paris
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices