The road less travelled – Tim Fanning on travel writer Kathleen Murphy

An Irishman’s Diary

A conversation on the universe, anti-science and vexed question of UFOs

Q&A with American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

Left-wing authoritarianism mirrors far right, research finds

More similarities than differences between left-wing and right-wing authoritarianism

Val Cummins: From periwinkles to floating wind power

Project Emerald MD talks of State’s need to invest in and harvest the sea for electricity

Ireland’s first dog show: A £5,000 dog and a ‘perpetual growl’

The 19th century saw new breeding methods and growing enthusiasm for pets

Lessons of history: What diet says about who we are

The Great Famine led to much soul searching about ‘good’ food versus ‘bad’

Cottage chic: Space-saving tips and tricks from our rural Irish past

There was no such thing as clutter in farmhouses of old, where ingenuity was essential

‘I’m hoping the pandemic will make it easier to slow down’

Oxford professor Danny Dorling on why deceleration is good for the planet, the economy and our lives

This Happy by Niamh Campbell: The end of the affair

Book review: An affair continues to haunt in Niamh Campbell’s intricate, deftly written debut

A Baltinglass soldier on Lake Titicaca – An Irishman’s Diary on Don Juan O’Brien

Flu epidemic of 1918 warns us of coronavirus risk to frontline workers

Rite&Reason: Social distancing can help us all protect our clergy, police and health workers

Local history round-up: Architectural archive of central Leinster

Plus histories of buildings of south Down and gate lodges in Connacht

Books in brief: From Standish O’Grady to austerity Britain

Plus: New light on the Irish Citizen Army, and a novel on the minutiae of mental illness

Smyllie’s people: The Irish Times editor and southern Protestant identity

RM Smyllie spoke to and for Irish Protestants trying to make sense of postwar Ireland