It’s worse than George Orwell imagined. There’s no need to ban books no one wants to read
What Aldous Huxley feared has come to pass: we are drowning in a sea of irrelevance
What Aldous Huxley feared has come to pass: we are drowning in a sea of irrelevance
Is there an Orwellian trend?
Modern-day Newspeak
Unthinkable: Always treat humanity not as a means but as an end, said the philosopher Immanuel Kant
If you’re not already an enthusiast, don’t start at Kant or Nietzsche
Truth, it turns out, is among the most difficult things to cling to
The poet and editor on keeping a loved one’s memory alive, his literary journal Irish Pages and his regard for Seamus Heaney’s work
Without preaching, Matthew Parker tells the stories of a variety of colonies and uses imperialists’ own words and deeds to shed light on an enterprise that was very far from glorious
In a Word: Dystopia dominates so much of modern literature, for obvious reasons
Patrick Freyne: The smartest thing George Orwell ever did was to turn his book into a reality TV show
Rite & Reason: In Irish public affairs, philosophical thinking could facilitate the kind of changes needed today
The best opening lines have poise, excite immediate attention or simply impress
Whether you’re crammed on a bus on the way to work or lounging with a cocktail by the pool, audiobooks are a perfect way to transport you to another place
German privacy groups claim Irish regulator behind ‘sabotage’ of EU data privacy laws
Judge to donate profits from new book on judgment writing to Ukraine relief
Residents of Russian embassy road ponder name change to Independent Ukraine Road
Councillors propose changing the name of Orwell Road where embassy is located
Derval O’Rourke won a rare non-Russian medal in discredited 2006 World Indoors
An Irishman’s Diary
Soccer’s sleight of hand: chaotic expense evidence of life, vigour and stable future prospects
A round-up of digital movie services and the entertainment content they offer this year
Society needs schools but we must not bury health risks in constructive ambiguity
The double Pulitzer prize winner’s latest is set in 1960s Harlem’s criminal underworld
New ideologies should be carefully discussed, not uncritically insinuated into general culture
An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary
After ‘torture’ of losing to Cork in championship, footballer is relishing return to play
Purchase of unit is Murdoch company’s second publishing buy in less than a week
George Orwell is common shorthand for ‘mean people are being mean to me because they’re mean’
Penguin owner ‘very confident’ of regulatory approval despite competition concerns
The singer-songwriter has been doing extraordinary things ever since she arrived in Britain alone aged 6
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