Now that autumn is over, it’s time to use up what’s left of its bounty

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

There is much to love about the season’s colours and the closing-in of the days. It is in this dying time when the natural world is most alive

Obituary: ‘While at Wellesley, she struck up a friendship with Vladimir Nabokov’

The countdown is on to find Ireland’s favourite Irish poem, so we’ve asked a selection of writers and readers to tell us their favourite few lines of verse, and to nominate which poem they think is best from RTÉ’s A Poem for Ireland shortlist

Autumn

An exhibition in Kilkenny celebrates works of art and crafts that draw inspiration from mathematics

The Australian has come a long way, from lauded turns in arthouse hits to the new Robocop. Donald Clarke talks to the star – if only he can get a word in over the puppies and parakeets

The Irish Times series A History of Ireland in 100 Objects began life as a reimagined version of a British Museum project. Now it’s a St Patrick’s Day offering to everyone who is interested in our past