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David Marcus, The Irish Times and a golden age of literary journalism
Even at a time of much cross-fertilisation between the literary and journalistic worlds, it was a brave and radical idea to run a regular creative-writing page in a daily newspaper. In pursuing this, David Marcus nurtured many young talents
By Gerard Smyth
The Routledge History of Irish America: A vast and comprehensive study of all aspects of the Irish-American experience
Vigorous and critically minded history proves that the shifting and sometimes contradictory ‘social construct’ of Irish America cannot be reduced to one singular identity
Wise Women by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne: Elder female archetypes liberated from ancient European stories
Stories originating from Ireland to Siberia are partnered by illuminating essays of symbolic psychoanalysis
By Adrienne Murphy
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Food and fiction: How writers are serving up food as a central character in their narratives
Hunger and its stylised satiation eats into modern writing in a way that reflects our sizzling, chopped-up existences
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Steve McQueen: ‘It was always Saoirse Ronan and her mother. So there was this bond. There’s this kinship’
Director’s film Blitz, starring the Irish actor, focuses on a tight family of three trying to keep heads aloft as the bombs fall in London in 1940
Kim Deal of The Breeders: ‘Oh, I was wild – wild – in Ireland’
The indie-rock legend talks Pixies, Olivia Rodrigo, the loss of her parents, and the release of her first solo album, Nobody Loves You More
Children’s author Sibéal Pounder: ‘I was bullied at school. It made me analyse people in a forensic way’
Sibéal Pounder, author of children’s book Sprouts, on writing for ‘the most important people in the world’, her admiration for Violet Beauregard, and her ability to forensically analyse people
Booker winner Samantha Harvey: ‘My grandad bought land in Donegal. He was afraid of nuclear war, and thought Ireland would be exempt’
British writer Samantha Harvey on winning of the Booker Prize for Orbital, taking Earth for granted, coping with insomnia and her Irish connections
The Guide: Pillow Queens, Tradition Now, Winterval and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
David Marcus, The Irish Times and a golden age of literary journalism
Even at a time of much cross-fertilisation between the literary and journalistic worlds, it was a brave and radical idea to run a regular creative-writing page in a daily newspaper. In pursuing this, David Marcus nurtured many young talents
The Routledge History of Irish America: A vast and comprehensive study of all aspects of the Irish-American experience
Vigorous and critically minded history proves that the shifting and sometimes contradictory ‘social construct’ of Irish America cannot be reduced to one singular identity
Wise Women by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne: Elder female archetypes liberated from ancient European stories
Stories originating from Ireland to Siberia are partnered by illuminating essays of symbolic psychoanalysis
Book reviews: Punishing Putin; Single at Heart; The Fate of Mary Rose
A trio of compelling reads which run from the Ukraine invasion through the personal and to the curiousity of true crime
Mad, Isn’t It? by Emma Doran and Country Fail by Killian Sundermann: Two comedy books that offer genuine comic relief
A memoir and a concept book that value warmth in their humour
Night & Day by John Connolly: An entertaining collection of short stories
Tales involving hauntings by both otherworldly presences and grief and some Cern-inspired science fiction,
The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future – Does China have an appetite to take its ultimate prize by force?
Brown observes that securing Taiwan may be far too big a risk for the Chinese Communist Party, which values stability above all else
Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey: A powerful exposé of ‘law enforcement misconduct and chicanery’
A collection of well-written and shocking essays by the crime novelist and an activist for the wrongly convicted
Davina McCall to have brain surgery for ‘very rare’ benign tumour
TV presenter (57) said tumour, known as a colloid cyst, found after she was offered health check-up
No mad scramble but thousands line up for Robbie Williams tickets
There was no sign of the controversial dynamic pricing model used for Oasis tickets
The Script at 3Arena review: Danny O’Donoghue thanks crowd for ‘getting us through the worst part of our lives’
Lightsabers, smoke and hysteric shrieks accompany front man onstage of sold-out 3arena
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point: Altmanesque seasonal comedy is a wistful riot of chatter and foods
Tyler Taormina’s Cannes contender is a trippy Yuletide vibe
In Camera: Debut feature unnerves, provokes and intrigues
A film that steers away from didacticism, this is a deliberately puzzling, oblique affair that never runs when it can sneak
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: A fleet-footed chronicle that never lets up
Johan Grimonprez’s propulsive account of jazz, colonialism, and the murder of Patrice Lumumba
The Movie Quiz: Skellig Michael made its first appearance in which Star Wars film?
Plus: Connie Nielsen is back in Gladiator II. Who else returns from the first film?
Tempers rise over immigration debate as Matt Cooper scolds warring politicians
Radio: Today FM host bemoans uneventful general election, as Pat Kenny hears two sides of the charged migrant issue
Fire by John Boyne: Monstrous surgeon at dark heart of this memorable novel will invade your dreams
The third novel of a cycle of four with abuse as their central theme makes for a powerful read
