The Irish Times

Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?

Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readers

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00

Lucy Foley: ‘I love a really well-written yarn’

Best-selling author enjoys playing with old crime clichés

Sat Mar 05 2022 - 06:00

Spencer: Kristen Stewart’s casting as a brittle Princess Diana is inspired

She balances trepidation with determination in Pablo Larraín’s spaced-out fantasia

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 05:00

‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’

‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’

Fri May 15 2020 - 05:50

Irishwoman in New York: I didn’t fear getting Covid-19 but I should have

Dubliner Yvonne Cassidy was fit and healthy, but says coronavirus didn’t seem to care

Mon May 04 2020 - 06:05

The Pale Horse: Deliciously atmospheric Agatha Christie adaptation

Review: Her work is perfect for TV. This drama, though flawed, manages not to muck it up

Sun Feb 09 2020 - 22:30

Elizabeth O’Kelly: the generous widow who left her fortune to charity

Laois multimillionaire (92) would be ‘horrified’ at her €30m donation becoming public

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 21:00

Meet the bright young things of Irish writing

Young Irish fiction writers have made strides in recent years, and 2018 promises some fine debuts. Here six authors introduce their books

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 06:00

Irish Times Travel Writer 2016: And the winner is . . .

Today, we announce the winner of our travel writing competition. Chosen from more than 650 entries, John Poole’s winning article is about being guided by fictional sleuths through fabulous cities

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 05:00

Himself review: He sees dead people in Mayo

Jess Kidd’s debut novel is atmospheric but too cliched to really score as mystery or drama

Sat Oct 22 2016 - 05:00

She never went to school: 126 remarkable Agatha Christie facts

With Poirot-like diligence, expert John Curran has gathered 126 facts about the Queen of Crime

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 06:00

TV Review: Wallander’s trip to the sun does little to lift gloom

Kenneth Branagh is in South Africa for the first drama in the final instalment of the TV Nordic noir series

Sun May 22 2016 - 22:30

Rose Wylie’s goal: to paint like a five-year-old

At 81, the British artist is gaining recognition by avoiding artifice and artiness

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 01:00

Picture perfect in Rathfarnham for €850,000

Four-bedroomed renovated cottage is on a hillside among fields and forests and includes a detached studio in gardens

Thu Mar 05 2015 - 05:00

TV Review: Kitchen hero? This fish and chip vehicle isn’t worth its salt’n’vinegar

Donal Skehan is a man with a van, but he cooks better in his own kitchen, where the locals can’t bombard him

Sat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00