The Irish Times

A ‘really subversive idea’: Most people are pretty decent

Human beings’ friendliness and humility help us survive – but also make us dangerous

Sat May 23 2020 - 06:00

On one island the shipwrecked behaved well. On the other they ate their shipmate

Fri May 22 2020 - 06:01

Account of teenagers who survived on desert island for 15 months prompts ‘bombardment’

Tue May 19 2020 - 07:19

Son of president’s personal lawyer earns over $90,000 a year in the White House

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 17:03

Evaristo is first black woman to win prize; Handmaid’s Tale sequel is second win for Atwood

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 21:54

Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:52

The latest Channel 4 reality show sees 23 people build a community from scratch in the Scottish highlands. What could possibly go wrong?

Tue Jul 19 2016 - 13:03

A revamped list of texts has been brought in at secondary level. But is it too modern?

Wed Sept 02 2015 - 06:00

‘Kate O’Brien was one of the great successes of the Censorship Board in that they succeeded in driving her out of the country into penury’

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:28

Jim Crace is one of the finest English novelists of the past 20 years - so why has he written his final novel?

Mon Mar 11 2013 - 02:00