The author on her latest Iliad-inspired work, The Voyage Home; how not knowing her father’s identity has driven her work; and the strange business of film adaptations
Vivid reimagining of the queen shows the Shakespearean scholar what they’re missing
Pat Barker’s sequel continues her vivid reimagining of Greek mythology
Theatre, dance and literature events can all be enjoyed online
The actor on the appeal of Helen Mirren and discovering the artistry of Odilon Redon
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
The Irish Times literary editor was one of 82 foreigners polled by the BBC to choose the 100 best British novels. Read how he got on
The last in a trilogy about a trio of artists is at its best in the Blitz, writes Eileen Battersby
War writing at heart is about the ambivalence of loyalty to class, nation, and friends, and of belief and the business of being human, and more recent Irish writing on the Great War, in reopening a closed chapter in our history, is no different in exploring all those ambiguities
Psychiatrist Brendan Kelly recounts how the condition was treated in an Irish hospital in his book
The crime writer has turned away from Northern Ireland for his new novel, about a murder in a German nudist religious cult in the South Pacific a century ago
Ahead of an appearance at the Galway Film Centre, Jimmy McGovern, writer of TV dramas Cracker, Hillsborough and Sunday, is frank about being a ‘troublesome leftie’, meeting Martin McGuinness and bad writing
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
