Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home
Can’t afford a Grand Canal palazzo? You could still lease a plot on the ‘isle of the dead’
Most artists subsist on extremely low incomes, usually dependent on several sources
The Nobel laureate was funny, explosively opinionated, playful and occasionally outrageous
Coping: Nobel prize winner Joseph Brodsky has some advice for avoiding self-pity
If the academy wanted to honour a music icon, Paul Simon would be a better choice
A strong show by the KCat collective is refreshingly free of irony and knowingness
Andrei Makine’s fiction conveys a mood closely linked with his dislocation
Although the writer’s literary experiments were utterly modern, they were haunted by ghosts, shadows and Irish legends
Peadar King’s love of Inishbofin is clear from the weekend’s schedule of stimulating events
Moving to the west of Ireland was meant to be a temporary stay for the writer, artist and cartographer. But, four decades later, he remains in Connemara, although his mind is setting sail for elsewhere
This fifth volume of work covers Russia, Yugoslavia, Kilkenny and Irish religion
Walcott’s range went from Marley to Pryor and from Gauguin to Yeats
Loss of this poet will be felt throughout Ireland and far beyond
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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