A healthy ego can survive contact with the world. A fragile ego must wrap itself in protective layers

With a new Irish production of the stage show based on the book, Albom’s autobiographical story is still finding new audiences

At the 3Olympia, what’s most striking is the way the rapper pushes himself into difficult territory yet retains astonishing speed and precision

In my own childhood, my mother held fast to the baffling belief that Santa was merely ‘a nice idea’

Yfel, a new play from Pan Pan and the Australian collective Aphids, delves into our darker nature to find out

Theatre: Louise Lowe’s returning production honours Joyce without embalming him, letting his world breathe again

Lorde at her best is magnetic, brooding, a touch menacing. She shouldn’t try to be too relatable

Not just a love story but something sadder and more complicated

Tightly constructed thriller explores class and privilege in contemporary Britain

There’s an idealistic atmosphere here you don’t find much any more. It’s both reassuring and nostalgic

Brokentalkers have teamed up with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to blend testimony, research and performance

The American author’s latest novel connects a child’s trauma to political disappearances in Japan

Theatre: Pom Boyd stars in clever, entertaining portrayal of Constance Smith’s extraordinarily novelistic life

These Pillow Queens songs belong to half-lit bars and the roar of a crowd that knows every word

Debut novel tackles dark times with lightness and compassion