Spiritualized: ‘We play rock’n’roll, so it’s inherently inept’
Jason Pierce on how rock changed his life and Kurt Vonnegut inspired his latest album
Imma at 30: Reframing the role of exhibitionist in a changing landscape
The Irish Museum of Modern Art celebrates its 30th birthday at a tricky time for museums
'There was a feeling in the unionist community that it was they who made most of the sacrifices'
Jan Carson on identity, Northern Ireland and her new novel, The Fire Starters
Time loop: The plot device that comes back again and again and again
Groundhog Day is considered the best example, but it wasn’t the first – or the last
Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, dies aged 91
Hefner died at his Playboy Mansion home from natural causes
Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian future has come to pass
Author foresaw the threat to civilisation and the crisis of meaning created by automation
Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story
Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever
The dangers of telling kids ‘it’s the taking part that counts’
Children should not be misled: real life should be a meritocracy
Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’
Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he reads
Six terrible things you must do in college in your first year
If you’re here for a degree, you’re in the wrong place. College is all about having fun and learning about yourself
Baiting the censor: 10 books they tried to suppress
Hilary Mantel’s short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher caused outrage with its recent publication in the Guardian, but it’s not the first and won’t be last piece of fiction to raise hackles
Unsettling, audacious Martin Amis: The Zone of Interest
Review: A brave, humane novel, set in a concentration camp, takes a hard look the attrocities of the second World War
What to read on holiday in the US, France and Germany
In the first of a series, we recommend some destination-specific titles for summer trips abroad, with help from our correspondents
Character building: how to write believable people
If you doubt your characters, your readers will doubt them too, so it is important to understand characters’ motivation and make their behaviour and speech convincing
Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing
‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’
Time to sign up for the climate change war
Opinion: It is morally indefensible not to engage with the defining crisis of the human race and the planet we inhabit
Blagging rights: a dummies’ guide to culture
Being in college means being in the know about all things music, art, film, food and politics, so here’s a cheatsheet to start you off
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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