Jean Paul Sartre

In the midst of such darkness, how can one find the light?

Unthinkable: Meaning can be found in everything from a loving relationship to playing chess, says philosopher Jonathan Rowson

Winning fragrances from Byredo, Timothy Han/Edition, Chanel and Jo Malone

Film-maker Nadir Dendoune is reappropriating the north African immigrant story

Unthinkable: Literature allows us capture ‘weirdness’ of life, says Matthew McKeever

Riba’s Woman Architect of the Year prize just the latest big award for Irishwoman

Film director most well known for ‘Shoah’ which he spent 12 years making

Shift in Brexit deadline or further fudge awaits as hard Brexiteers run clock down

Sorbonne protests 50 years ago ushered in a new era. Today’s students are ‘too busy’ to protest

Joshua: ‘Boxing is not just about knocking people out. It’s healthy living, discipline’

So much of our youth was wasted on slight philosophies offering shallow answers to overwhelming questions

An encounter with homeless children in Ireland spurred the director to make films that challenge political beliefs

WWW has shifted away from opportunities of World Wide Web into the World Wild West

Long after existentialist philosopher’s death, simmering rivalry links protagonists

Irish Times readers share their experiences of shared toilets and one-bar electric heaters

Businessman was one of France’s leading art patrons as well as chief of fashion house

The poet, who died 150 years ago this week, retains significant influence and allure

Obituary: Judith Jones, editor, born March 10th, 1924; died August 2nd, 2017

Unthinkable: ‘Catholic agnostic’ Gary Gutting criticises pseudoscientific putdowns of religion

Sometimes it just takes a little role-play to ensure you end up with the desired result

Students who gave up the seminary 50 years ago recall a suffocating atmosphere that infantilised seminarians, but also some rare acts of kindness and enlightenment

'No beige', says Carleton Viney, who has been asked to redesign the next US ambassador's Phoenix Park residence

‘You are not going to be thin, with curves, on your deathbed,’ says philosopher Heather Widdows

Influenial, inscrutible Van Morrison gives his most comprehensive interview ever

‘Take Me to Church’ could be seen as blasphemous, but is anyone ready to sue Hozier?

Colonialism and its violently radicalising effect is the subject of this chilling documentary

In broader European and American literature, it is easier to find genuine marriages of philosophy and fiction

French left-wing title was newspaper of the baby-boom generation

Paul Chatenoud

In school I would stare at those history textbook illustrations – grim drawings of tenants being dragged from their cottages by a bailiff. After four years of dealing with landlords, I can empathise

Colin Wilson: June 26th, 1931-December 5th, 2013

André Schiffrin: June 14th, 1935-December 1st, 2013

The writer, always his own man, refused to take sides on Algeria and was an anti-Soviet leftist even though it led to a rupture with fellow intellectual Sartre

‘We’re not at the level that we want to be at yet – we’ll be trying hard to get there’

Reginald Gray: 1930-2013