Howya – An Irishman’s Diary on greetings

Hope gleams in America’s scarred democracy

Trump’s division has sparked awareness of politics, civic values and human rights

A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley: The new ‘Stoner’?

Rediscovered classic from a black American writer imagines a different Deep South

Ian O’Riordan: When it comes to sport, nothing beats a walk

Survey finds 37% of those actually active in sport put walking as a clear number one

How to make your home more environment friendly

Sort it: Whether we rent or own a home, there are lots of little things that can be done

Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee still marching to sound of a different drum

Former Boston Red Sox hero presents his alternative world view to Vermont electorate

Planet Business

Ferrari toasters, drone fireworks, ‘background daters’ and a taxing Christmas

Cabin Fever - holiday in a woodland wonder

Escape the everyday with a cabin stay in the woods where you can feed your soul with star-filled night skies and camp fire cooking It may even make you rethink the look of your home, writes Alanna Gallagher

Sam Maguire’s spectacular visit to Ireland’s summit

All-Ireland medal winners from 32 counties scale Carrauntoohil as they raise funds for Third World aid via the Alan Kerins Project

Online disputes could do with more light and less heat

Opinion: The idea of tolerance has taken a long time to make its way in the world

Video

Upstream Colour

Shane Carruth’s mind-bending follow-up to Primer bewitches as it puzzles

Shane Carruth’s precision vision

The director of the head-spinng Upstream Colour discusses his weird, beautiful, mathematically sound vision