Ernest Hemingway

Mayor of Spanish city suspends week-long events due to risk of coronavirus spreading

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishwoman’s Diary on agreeing with Garth Brooks

Mansplaining illuminates a much deeper problem than the bore of patronising monologues

America’s greatest living mystery writer does not refer to the US president by name

James Joyce liked his food and drink but had little time for ‘vegetable philosophy’

The Dublin-born educator and boxing coach left a huge mark on his adopted city

Paris Letter: The French are finding relevance in books about epidemics and confinement

There are counties named after Antrim, Clare, Roscommon and Robert Emmet

Writers have often used drink or drugs to ‘see beyond’ reality. Or was it all an illusion?

Klopp’s 2018 signings made the difference, while Pochettino signed no one that summer

World View: Two studies are under way to plan for potential changes from UK’s exit

Despite US threat of sanctions, international firms from 30 countries exhibit at the event

Antimeria sounds like a female relative of a certain age who bosses everyone around

The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership

A century after the Armistice of 1918, we are still living in the world it created

Book on Trump’s first 18 months in office includes incendiary comments

Spanish bullfighting industry and fans criticise comments ahead of bull-running festival

In Conversation: Entrepreneur David McCourt lives in The Merrion Hotel in Dublin, where Peter McCann is the general manager

Conchs win the day against Irma – recovery in the Florida Keys is stunning

Phnom Penh Letter: You’ll find more tourists than journalists at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Sisowath Quay

Think you still have that novel in you? Take some writing tips from Leo Tolstoy, Muriel Spark, John Steinbeck and other famous authors

Move follows Trump’s decision to roll back Obama-sponsored warmer US ties with Havana

Transport minister pulls permits for 22,000 new Porsche Cayennes with cheat software

Raft of safety measures introduced as world-famous week-long festival begins

Leader in French presidential race accused of behaving as if result is ‘already in the bag’

‘I have managed to remain optimistic and simply focus on one day at a time’

Gemma Tipton finds some of the best places to wet your whistle in Ireland and around the globe

There are thousands of getaways waiting to be explored. Here are some ideas to get you started

Emmanuelle Pagano’s latest book brings readers on rollercoaster of love’s highs and lows

Travel Writer: Ciara O’Callaghan traces the steps of two great writers, from Paris to Cuba, to Barcelona and Alabama

I’ve been offered the privilege of locking myself into Hemingway’s Key West study to write – the first author to do so since the man himself

Auctioned collection included signed copy of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of Salesman’

The quiet Spanish city where I live turns to chaos every July

Two men injured after goring at running of the bulls at San Fermin festival at Pamplona

The Irish supporters in France are winning medals . . . for getting drunk and singing

A Q&A with 2016 International Dublin Literary Award winner: Reading taught me you will regret being cruel, not being kind

Former tánaiste in Cuba trying to broker an end to Colombia’s 52-year conflict

France and the jihadists seem locked in a wrestlers’ hold, a mutual fascination and loathing which neither can escape