Thomas Moore and the Transatlantic, 1800-1840: A fluent voice and an open mind
A new account of Moore as a writer attuned to debates on gender, education, boxing, empire, enslavement and agricultural trade
Joe Strummer
‘I love Shane MacGowan. He’s the ultimate ... one of the last punks’
Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain
Roland Gift: ‘Everyone on our street was black or brown or Irish. To me that was normal’
The Fine Young Cannibal on being Hull’s ‘first black punk’ and his creative renaissance
Richard Corrigan: On My Culture Radar
Meath-born restauranteur on ditching work to see A Lazarus Soul and the allure of Rotterdam
London Calling 40 years on: How The Clash rewrote the rule book
The Clash filleted rock, politics and history with swagger and biting social commentary
‘After sex on the damp sheets, we passed out’: Lowlights from Moby’s memoir
Natalie Portman has disputed the musician’s account of their ‘relationship’. But fear not: his new book has plenty more steamy stories
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s teenage years in ‘bombed out’ New York
Sara Driver has made a fascinating chronicle of the late American artist’s formative years
Béatrice Dalle: ‘I’ve never thought I’m beautiful, but I have a power of attraction’
The ‘Betty Blue’ actor on her love affair with Rupert Everett and why Jesus is sexy
The day The Clash and punk turned Trinity into a war zone
The Clash played Trinity College 40 years ago today. The student organisers recall the British punks' explosive 1977 visit to Ireland
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel faces a cocktail of risks
Analysis: Telecom firm has 14 million subscribers but €5.9bn in debt
Bono, the most hated woman in Ireland
Bono has been made a woman of the year. It’s not enough to make Irish people like him
Conversations about Irish identity activate my gag reflex
Though I read ‘Peig’, appreciate Red Lemonade and say ‘fillum’, national identity means nothing to me
Crosswords & Puzzles
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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