Deborah Orr, RIP: ‘Funny, charismatic and terrifyingly cool’
I met her just once – when interviewing her ex, Will Self – but she made a lasting impression
Award-winning columnist Deborah Orr dies aged 57
Scottish journalist remembered as ‘one of the most unconventional, most fearless people’
Throwing light on difficult topics while fun is found everywhere in Galway
Galway International Arts Festival review: President’s address, and hit show ‘Flight’
Why do we continue to put our trust in Facebook and Google?
Bad week for internet overlords marked by undercover exposé and €4.3bn fine
Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair
Home Front: short of space at home but don’t want to move? A garden house is an increasingly popular option
‘If you’re from a family of writers, everything is fair game’
Nina Raine should know. Her father, a critic, once told her: `Your business is not to be worrying about people’s feelings. Because otherwise you will never write'
Diarmaid Ferriter: Varadkar needs to change our approach to climate change
The Taoiseach should define climate change as the most important challenge we face, because it is
Ten things we learned at the Theatre of Change Symposium
Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey
Off Topic podcast: Does your life story belong to you?
Booker-shortlisted novelist Andrew O’Hagan discusses the subject with Hugh Linehan
Abbey’s Theatre of Change opens with the body politic
The three-day conference launches the theatre’s Waking the Nation programme
Eileen Battersby: Booker shortlist not the canvas it could be
‘Big’ may have seduced Man Booker 2015 judges, while Anne Enright left on longlist
The ‘Tablet’ has given Catholics a voice for 175 years
Daniel O’Connell plays a valuable part in the journal’s rich and enduring history
Heaney remembered at Southbank celebration
Poet’s memory was celebrated in music, poetry and laughter in London last night.
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