Can an art exhibition about climate change have any potency when it avoids polemic? The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris takes a gentle approach to a giant issue

‘I’m fascinated by writers’ rooms. I’ve always considered them to be places where a certain kind of alchemy occurs’

Darragh McKeon’s individuals are atomic particles adrift in a vast universe

Irish crime and thriller writers have made quite a mark in recent years. Now it’s the turn of a new wave of Irish literary novelists. Five debut writers introduce their books