The Irish Times

Spiritualized: ‘We play rock’n’roll, so it’s inherently inept’

Jason Pierce on how rock changed his life and Kurt Vonnegut inspired his latest album

Wed Apr 13 2022 - 00:00

Imma at 30: Reframing the role of exhibitionist in a changing landscape

The Irish Museum of Modern Art celebrates its 30th birthday at a tricky time for museums

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00

'There was a feeling in the unionist community that it was they who made most of the sacrifices'

Jan Carson on identity, Northern Ireland and her new novel, The Fire Starters

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 05:00

Time loop: The plot device that comes back again and again and again

Groundhog Day is considered the best example, but it wasn’t the first – or the last

Fri Feb 22 2019 - 05:00

Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, dies aged 91

Hefner died at his Playboy Mansion home from natural causes

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 06:07

Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian future has come to pass

Author foresaw the threat to civilisation and the crisis of meaning created by automation

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 00:16

Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story

Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever

Sat Jan 28 2017 - 05:00

The dangers of telling kids ‘it’s the taking part that counts’

Children should not be misled: real life should be a meritocracy

Thu Jul 14 2016 - 09:00

Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’

Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he reads

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 15:00

Six terrible things you must do in college in your first year

If you’re here for a degree, you’re in the wrong place. College is all about having fun and learning about yourself

Mon Jan 05 2015 - 00:00

Baiting the censor: 10 books they tried to suppress

Hilary Mantel’s short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher caused outrage with its recent publication in the Guardian, but it’s not the first and won’t be last piece of fiction to raise hackles

Mon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00

Unsettling, audacious Martin Amis: The Zone of Interest

Review: A brave, humane novel, set in a concentration camp, takes a hard look the attrocities of the second World War

Sat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00

What to read on holiday in the US, France and Germany

In the first of a series, we recommend some destination-specific titles for summer trips abroad, with help from our correspondents

Sun Jun 08 2014 - 01:00

Character building: how to write believable people

If you doubt your characters, your readers will doubt them too, so it is important to understand characters’ motivation and make their behaviour and speech convincing

Mon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00

Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing

‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’

Fri May 16 2014 - 12:00