Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?
Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readers
Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readers
Best-selling author enjoys playing with old crime clichés
She balances trepidation with determination in Pablo Larraín’s spaced-out fantasia
‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’
Dubliner Yvonne Cassidy was fit and healthy, but says coronavirus didn’t seem to care
Review: Her work is perfect for TV. This drama, though flawed, manages not to muck it up
Laois multimillionaire (92) would be ‘horrified’ at her €30m donation becoming public
Young Irish fiction writers have made strides in recent years, and 2018 promises some fine debuts. Here six authors introduce their books
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
Jess Kidd’s debut novel is atmospheric but too cliched to really score as mystery or drama
With Poirot-like diligence, expert John Curran has gathered 126 facts about the Queen of Crime
Kenneth Branagh is in South Africa for the first drama in the final instalment of the TV Nordic noir series
At 81, the British artist is gaining recognition by avoiding artifice and artiness
Four-bedroomed renovated cottage is on a hillside among fields and forests and includes a detached studio in gardens
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices