Up the Walls – Paul Clements on Hadrian’s Wall and the Mourne Wall

An Irishman’s Diary

Calling all nations – Paul Clements on 100 years of the BBC

An Irishman’s Diary

Shelf life – Paul Clements on the welcome return of bookshops

An Irishman’s Diary

Retracing an 80-year-old journey along the river Shannon

Richard Hayward’s travel book gave a unique insight into rural Ireland of the 1930s

River of Time – Paul Clements on the Shannon

An Irishman’s Diary

Puffin says it is ‘proud’ to publish John Boyne’s trans YA novel

A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages

To have and to hold – An Irishman’s Diary on collector and philanthropist Sir Richard Wallace

Wandering Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way by Paul Clements

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Select: the literary festivals to fill your belly and your brain

There’s a literary feast awaiting the country in the coming week, with three festivals taking place. We’ve rounded up some places to fill your belly while you fill your brain

What goes in to writing a biography? Five years of your life for a start

Fired by curiosity about how actor and travel writer Richard Hayward could be forgotten, Paul Clements wrote his biography. Here he details the extraordinary lengths he went to