The War Horse author on merry Dublin and the acting prowess of Sally Hawkins

The acclaimed production is back in Dublin; plus: Stones in His Pockets is revived again

The storyteller presents war, peace and the human condition through a lens of realism

Peep, Porcelain and Private Peaceful alliterate the week in theatre

An education scheme is helping children see writers as living, breathing people rather than mythical beats

Jilly Cooper, Eamonn Holmes, Marc Almond, Alexandra Shulman, Rick Stein also recognised

The bleak memento has turned up at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers

Adapted from the children’s book by Michael Morpurgo, ‘War Horse’ is currently showing in Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Here are 10 of our favourite literary quotes inspired by animals

What is the easiest thing to swallow in this phenomenally successful show set during the carnage of the first World War? The horse, of course

The puppets in ‘War Horse’ charm and beguile as only horses can – such is the astonishing skill exercised

British actor Jeremy Irvine got his break early in Spielberg’s War Horse and stars in the moving second-World War drama The Railway Man. He talks to Donald Clarke about trauma, forgiveness – and fame

Motivation and confidence are key to getting children writing, says Michael Morpurgo