Roald Dahl

Irish children’s reading skills improved during lockdown – report

Marked uplift in reading enjoyment levels during pandemic

Online Easter camps for children and teenagers

They offer activities from coding to cooking, from learning a language to fun experiments

Trump adds trans rights to his targets in US culture war

America Letter: Comeback speech by former president includes new front for attack

How Irish is Norwegian Air Shuttle?

Opinion: Airline’s woes reveal hazy status of corporate nationality

Cavan priest will not be ‘dictated to by pagan government’

Fr PJ Hughes criticises State and archbishops for Mass restrictions around Covid-19

Late Late Toy Show: Music, tears, Tubridy’s F-bomb and €5m for charity. What a night!

TV review: As with every Toy Show, the sense of occasion is as big as the event itself

Late Late Toy Show 2020: The one that ‘nearly didn’t happen’

‘My dream is to make this beautiful,’ says presenter Ryan Tubridy of Roald Dahl-themed show

‘My class is really excited about the readathon . . . they were really surprised to learn I have MS’

MS Readathon encourages adults to take part and rediscover love of reading

50 scary films to watch at Halloween

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

Cabin fever: Why the humble garden shed is having a moment

Lockdown has unlocked possibilities for turning the garden shed into a useful retreat

Almost the Same Blue: Captivating, high-octane debut collection

The detail of Irish author John O’Donnell’s writing is what makes the stories sing

I chose to grow a beard for the first time, with distressing results

Just as Newton experimented with light during the Black Death, I could experiment with the grooming habits of the Iron Age

Staying inside: Children write about their coronavirus experience

Author Sarah Webb has gathered reflections of how some talented, thoughtful young people are living now

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Review: Dinner in a museum has never felt as much of a treat

All the playful bells and whistles of a fine-dining establishment, at a heist-worthy steal

Don’t judge a book by its coverage

Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way

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