Rite & Reason: Nationalist Ireland almost universally condemned the Soloheadbeg killings as murder

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Unthinkable: Anyone can be a philosopher – if you’re open-minded enough

Young Philosopher Awards seeks to recognise critical thinking and communication skills

Timothy Snyder traces our terrifying new totalitarianism to blurring of fact and fiction

The president has breathed new life into everything from feminism to Senate hearings

Next time you bleat about your right to something think about what’s being done in your name in the Mediterranean

Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey

‘Another EU summit is not required to resolve this situation, and the Irish Government does not need to wait for further requests for assistance’

Even non-students benefit from higher education, argues Prof Thomas Docherty

Review: profiles of Rosa Luxemburg, Marilyn Monroe and Charlotte Salomon – or feminism as extended psychoanalysis

Martin Amis is a deeply moral writer with a Swiftian vigour. In his latest novel, ‘The Zone of Interest’, he returns to the story of the Nazi death camps

Human rights are brought ‘into disrepute by trying constantly to inflate all of them’, says Onora O’Neill

The rule of reciprocity can be found in all major religions, but with a different emphasis

The Taming of the Shrew is a ghastly play but, like much else at Kilkenny Arts Festival, it’s handled with wit and made wonderful

The visual art of Bob and Roberta Smith – aka Patrick Brill – is political, humorous and all about empowering the spectator

Opinion: Despite her status, Thatcher did nothing to help improve the lives of women