Kazuo Ishiguro

My Leaving Cert: ‘The marathon is over – now it is time to sprint’

Síofradh O’Sullivan is trying to remain composed ahead of the exam starting gun

Wed Jun 06 2018 - 01:00

The Floating World review: Shelter from the storm

New fiction: An excellent debut charts a family’s chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00

Theresa May can stay for as long as she chooses

Like an Ishiguro character, the PM could string this out for longer than seems feasible

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 01:00

UCD gets Connemara film and sound archive of artists and poets

Clifden Community Arts Festival donates 40-year ‘sociological record’ of the arts

Tue Feb 28 2017 - 01:00

Leaving Cert English: Detail on Paul Durcan a challenge in an hour

Relief as contemporary Irish poet appears but teacher queries range required

Fri Jun 10 2016 - 01:00

The Buried Giant review: Kazuo Ishiguro could use some ogres

Booker-winner Ishiguro’s new novel, apparently set in post-Roman Britain, is a muddle wrapped in an enigma dunked in an allegory, and as plodding as its protagonists’ journey

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 12:48

Archive of human rights activist to be unveiled at NUI Galway

A visit to Detroit reminded Kevin Boyle ‘of the ghettos of Belfast’

Thu Nov 27 2014 - 11:56

How well do you know your Booker opening lines?

In the week that the 2014 Man Booker Prize was announced, see if you can match these opening lines to their Booker winning novels

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 17:00

Leaving Cert English 2: Heaney goes astray

Writer shows up Unseen Poetry and not in Prescribed Poetry - as many were expecting

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 18:40

Art for therapy’s sake: can books and paintings cure what ails us?

Need to find a painting that can calm you in moments of stress? Or a book that can cure cynicism or a tendency to prevaricate? The use of art and literature as therapy is an old idea, but it’s making a comeback

Wed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00

Young British novelists: The best young writers who have been taken for Granta

Granta has published its list of the best young British novelists, but can one publisher define a generation and what do young writers have over their older colleagues?

Mon Apr 15 2013 - 21:01