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Ian McEwan: ‘I’ve been following politics for years, and I’ve never felt such anxiety about the chaos, the lack of leadership’
The writer on his futuristic novel What We Can Know, climate change and the alarming lack of self-scepticism in Trump and Putin
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan: Futuristic cli-fi that marvels at people of today ‘flying 2,000 miles for a one-week holiday’
Earth’s population has been halved, with warlords controlling what’s left of North America, and Nigeria as the world’s leading superpower
Patrick McCabe: ‘This whole idea of making money out of novels started in the 1980s with Martin Amis and Ian McEwan’
McCabe, who found himself adrift in the 21st-century book business despite his huge impact on the culture in the 1990s, on the bliss of going rogue
The Irish Times books of the year: Best fiction of 2022
Niamh Donnelly selects her favourite 16 novels and short-story collections from the past 12 months
The Love Makers by Aifric Campbell: Ethical quandaries of a sex robot
Unique novel of big ideas considers advances in technology and where they might take us
Christopher Walken: ‘I’m not disturbed. I pay my bills. I’ve been married for 55 years...’
In 1964, a nightclub dancer named Ronnie Walken changed his name to Christopher
House in Joyce’s The Dead to be turned into hostel despite Tóibín appeal
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
The Irish Times view on Saoirse Ronan: star power
The four-time Oscar nominee is the most successful Irish film actor ever – and she is still only 25
Saoirse Ronan agrees sale of Greystones home for more than €1.6m
Another well-known Irish actor and leading sportsperson both interested in star’s house
Ian McEwan on Brexit: ‘My solution is simple: a united Ireland’
The English author’s new book imagines a cockroach as the prime minister of the UK
Ian McEwan to publish new ‘biting political Brexit satire’
Out this month, The Cockroach sees a man wake up as prime minister, hellbent on a mission to carry out the will of the people
It is rare to hear anybody arguing for the inherent inferiority of popular fiction
Tóibín’s error when discussing the prose in genre fiction was to move from ‘I just get bored’ to ‘it’s blank, it’s nothing’
Cape May review: Desire and betrayal in 1950s New Jersey
Chip Creek’s vibrant debut puts two innocent newly-weds in a place where anything goes
Puffin says it is ‘proud’ to publish John Boyne’s trans YA novel
A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer
A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages
Europe ‘coming apart before our eyes’, say 30 writers, historians and nobel laureates
Despite its ‘mistakes, lapses, and occasional acts of cowardice’, Europe remains ‘the second home of every free man and woman’
How Mayo writer Sally Rooney became a literary phenomenon in the UK
British bookshops are keeping stashes of ‘Normal People’ behind their counters
José Mourinho forgot happiness need not be a weakness
‘Palpable discord’ followed José Mourinho out the door at Old Trafford
John Banville among authors to sign letter against ‘forced resignation’ of editor over #MeToo essay
John Banville, Colm Tóibín, Roy Foster among over 100 writers to express dismay over departure of New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma
The Children Act: Just let the film die, Emma Thompson
Review: Thommo just about rescues this silly adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel
What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?
Adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society
Apostasy: A ruthless, brilliant evisceration of the cult mentality
Review: Tale of Jehovah’s Witnesses portrays a world of suffocation and sly indoctrination
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Saoirse Ronan, how could you? I almost fell off the couch
Donald Clarke: Few noticed her ‘Chesil Beach’ faux pas. Which is good. Isn’t it?
On Chesil Beach: Saoirse Ronan’s new film not wholly satisfying
Review: Ian McEwan’s own script cannot find a cinematic substitute for his sharp prose
Ian McEwan: adapting books for movies is ‘technically challenging’
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
Leading authors tell Man Booker to drop American writers
Top Irish writers part of Folio Academy which say prizes should be closed to US novelists
Saoirse Ronan: ‘I don’t know where I am from. I’m just Irish’
The three-time Oscar nominee on fame, Hollywood scandals, and the abortion referendum
Saoirse Ronan the star attraction at Dublin screening of Lady Bird
Irish star may become only third female actor to score three Oscar nominations before age 23
James Bond needs Daniel Craig, hence the €132m fee
He’s the first actor in the series who is ‘bigger than Bond’. They were desperate to keep him
Skintown review: Pills ‘n’ thrills and bellyaches
Actor Ciarán McMenamin’s debut captures the voice of disaffected youth in 1990s North
Kathy Sheridan: The appalling decline in the quality of public insults
We all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgar
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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