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When they bought into Trump, the tech bros purchased his whole inflated persona – every whim, craze and dark fantasy
Sigmund Freud
The ‘death drive’ exists in all of us
Unthinkable: Psychoanalysis suggests each one of us has a ‘death drive’, calling us to self-destruction
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World - A must-read account of Austrian capital’s impact
Richard Cockett’s tracing of how the Austrian capital has shaped western politics, economics and culture is essential reading
Sigmund Freud’s home recreated in Ireland for major film starring Anthony Hopkins
Freud’s Last Session, starring the Oscar-winning actor, will feature a replica of psychoanalyst’s famous couch
Pedigree chums? Dogs in the office prove divisive
Many large employers have blanket no-dog policies despite wider shifts in attitudes
Telling men to open up is not enough – teach them how
Unthinkable: We can all learn from psychotherapy, perhaps the best place to start is school
‘Tis yerself!’ Dáithí Ó Sé says through a mouthful of boxty and Tanora. He is the spirit of Ireland
Patrick Freyne: That’s how I imagine him, anyhow. He’s almost as compelling as The Circle
Bill & Ted in middle age: ‘We felt if we did it with heart, it would work’
Alex Winter on friendship with Keanu Reeves, the risky new film and the fun side of fame
How Donald Trump acts as a restraining influence on Mike Pompeo
US Politics: President’s materialism is in contrast to moral imperatives of his secretary of state
Fintan O’Toole: FF and FG have produced a colouring book for adults
Post-coronavirus era will demand a radicalism the old parties are not trained for
Fintan O’Toole: Five big questions for the coming decade
Can we decarbonise the global economy? Will democracy die? Could Ireland unite?
How we progressed from a culture of silence to facing our grief for dead babies
Baby mortality: The evolution of how we deal with the sadness
Dominatrixes as life coaches: Gains to be made from submission
Seeing power and submission at work in your life can give you a better balance
‘I am completely obsessed with Irish women and feminism’
Scarlett Curtis on Saoirse Ronan, mental health and female activism
Why does the heart want what it wants? Desire at Imma
A new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art strips back to a primal force
Rare Art Deco clock and 19th-century Persian silk tapestries at Irish antique dealers’ fair
Clock with face made from shark skin to be exhibited at RDS fair
The difference between the average unionist and average nationalist? Not much
The Twelfth weekend neatly illustrates Freud’s ‘narcissism of small differences’
Can experimental theatre be sentimental?
Inspired by the loss of its home, Dublin Youth Theatre partners with Pan Pan to contemplate youth and adulthood in The Sleepwalkers
José Salas Subirat, the eccentric first translator of Joyce’s Ulysses into Spanish
The insurance salesman could not speak English, only read it, and plans for a revised edition sank in a plane crash
Ditch the self-blame over unrealistic demands
Workers, particularly women, often feel guilty for failing to hit impossible targets
Is this a good time to pile your money into a Persian carpet?
These unique artworks transform a living space. But do your homework before investing
When the guns fell silent: cartoons and Armistice Day
Galway Cartoon Festival explores work inspired by the first World War armistice
How to silence the harsh self-critic in your own head
Learning to still be a friend to yourself despite your imperfections is a vital skill
Positive well-being: Work to your strengths and find your flow
Work becomes really meaningful when it expresses your strengths, inspires your passion and is aligned with your values
I’ve spent the last few years with a dead man. But the end of my PhD is near
Laura Kennedy: Finishing a thesis on theories of emotion makes you quite emotional
Vincent MacNamara surpassed theology’s closed circuit
Rite and Reason: Moral theologian explored idea of being spiritual but not religious
Smoke break: James Fox cigar boss retires after 46 years
David McGrane recalls his colourful career at the Grafton Street institution
No laughing matter: why are we so terrified of clowns?
Real-life clowns are protesting that Stephen King’s ‘It’ is killing their business. So why are they so often seen as evil?
No washing our hands of the Austro-Hungarian legacy
The Hapsburg empire was a powerhouse of industry, science and technology, third in the world at the time only to the US and Germany
Work Like Any Other review: Plenty of work, not much play
Virginia Reeves’s Man Booker-longlisted debut is eloquently written but on the dull side
Lucian Freud: important retrospective comes to Imma
The 50 pieces in Freud Project are invaluable opportunity to assess British painter’s work
Meet the man who will redesign the US ambassador’s house
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