The Irish Times

Patrick Freyne: The Masked Singer is a bit like an Eyes Wide Shut party

A traffic cone singing ‘If you like piña coladas’? This must be the DTs again

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00

Hybrid work weakens the bonds of corporate loyalty

Work now considered to be less important as bonds with friends and family strengthen

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 06:00

‘I work to keep a roof over my head. I don’t see any other value or purpose in work. Zero’

Time millionaires: Meet the people who have cut back on work to pursue the pleasure of leisure

Mon Oct 18 2021 - 06:00

Patrick Freyne: Boris is conscripting celebrities into the SAS. I like his moxie

Everyone loves crying celebs. So Celebrity SAS exposes its stars to CS gas in the first episode

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00

How does the much-maligned Euclid’s Elements relate to coronavirus?

Analysis suggests part of the coronavirus has the structure of a truncated octahedron

Tue May 11 2021 - 14:49

Why Covid dissidents need to be understood, not demonised

Unthinkable: Lack of access to democratic processes can fuel distrust, says Dr Katherine Furman

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 05:00

Patrick Freyne’s TV moments of 2020: I've replaced my college memories with Normal People

In a year when TV had a lot of heavy lifting to do, let's celebrate some small screen highlights

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 12:22

Lefties in the US need to get over themselves

Chris Johns: ‘Woke’ politics are a turn-off for many people who just see political correctness on steroids

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 12:46

Who really understands Wittgenstein’s ‘bible’ of modern philosophy?

Unthinkable: A short book, the Tractatus has had a big impact, says author David Edmonds

Thu Nov 05 2020 - 05:00

God expects us to defeat the threat of Covid-19 ourselves

Rite&Reason: Requests to God reduce him to chaotic manager and us to mere puppet-theatre toys

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 01:00

We have been intrigued by infinity’s enigma for . . . forever

Resolution of paradox: A gateway to mathematical progress

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 01:00

What are words worth: do poets and philosophers speak the same language?

Unthinkable: Research project and poetry prize explore overlap between perceived rival disciplines

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 22:29

President donates 700 books from his personal collection to libraries

Most will be available to the public to borrow at libraries throughout the country

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 21:29

Maths and poetry: Beauty is the link

For both mathematics and poetry, the ‘less is more’ principle often applies

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 01:00

Oh! What a peculiar film! Anti-war classic comes to west Cork

Richard Attenborough’s son will visit Skibbereen for ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ screening

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 06:00

Trump and global leaders show deep ignorance of history

Chris Johns: US president’s mistaken analysis of China’s trade surplus risks carnage

Sun Jul 15 2018 - 12:48

To infinity and beyond: The numbers game behind God’s ‘existence’

Unthinkable: The nature of reality may depend on whether the infinite is comprehensible

Tue Feb 06 2018 - 01:30

Idlers of the world unite: Why the work ethic needs to be resisted

Unthinkable: The problems of modern labour call for a ‘collective and structural solution’, says David Frayne

Mon Apr 17 2017 - 08:00

Chris Horn: ‘We are on cusp of an exciting new age of innovation’

By building simulations of the real world, and letting Google’s DeepMind experiment, it can learn new skills

Mon Mar 28 2016 - 07:30

Lucy Kellaway: Instead of a dry January, try a work-reduced life

Just as it is vulgar to boast about how much you consume, it is now becoming vulgar to boast about how long you work

Mon Jan 25 2016 - 07:49

Was Aldous Huxley right about our brave new world?

A German-Irish production reshapes Huxley’s enduring dystopian vision

Mon Nov 23 2015 - 06:00

Crazy, big, surreal thing called love | Visual art

A kiss is not just a kiss in this big Imma show about a big emotion

Tue Oct 06 2015 - 06:00

Unthinkable: Are there truths that can’t be spoken?

Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophy

Tue Sept 15 2015 - 06:00

Unthinkable: Should education be student-centred?

Teachers should not try to make content ‘relevant’, says sociologist Frank Furedi

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 06:08

President speaks of trade as China visit reaches Shanghai

China is Ireland’s sixth most important market for food and drink exports, Higgins says

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 16:26

Philosophy in our schools a necessity, not a luxury

Students must be equipped with the ability to challenge ideas behind powerful institutions

Tue Oct 21 2014 - 00:01

Why do we use time-saving devices to work longer?

Bertrand Russell’s vision of a four-hour day resonates today in another era of high unemployment

Fri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00

D’Arcy to be released from prison next week

Activist will have served 9½ weeks of 12-week sentence

Wed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00

Unthinkable: Can you cheat in sport and still be said to have won?

Making a case for the ‘moral victory’ in sport

Fri Feb 14 2014 - 16:40

79-year-old Aosdana member jailed for three months over Shannon protest

Margaretta D’Arcy arrested in Galway yesterday

Thu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00

Do people from Northern Ireland have a right to be happy?

A theatre production puts the audience up close to atrocities such as the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust and Bloody Sunday to pose questions about happiness in a ‘horrible world’

Thu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00