Walled in by Hate. The Friends and Enemies of Kevin O’Higgins: balance, honesty and humanity By Conor Brady Listen | 04:55
The End of Everything by Victor Davis Hanson: Splendid and compulsively readable despite one weaknessBy Oliver Farry Listen | 05:17
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry: A vaudeville masterpiece, gaudy, ragged and irrepressibleAt its best, the story careers along like a Coen brothers film; in weaker moments Tarantino bulls inBy Nicholas Allen
‘This cannot be real. I must wake up’: Our nightmares teach us that we haven’t yet understood what we need to understand
Thriller writer Andrea Mara: ‘My mother-in-law was Ireland’s first female private investigator, and my husband helped her with cases’
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?; Hope and Despair: Israel’s Future in the New Middle East; Hamas: The Quest for Power; Blindness: October 7 and the Left