Donald Clarke: Problem is not with the writer but with the smallness of the critics’ minds

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

The director on his new historical fiction novel, Harvey Weinstein and ageism in film

Racist sheriffs, not tentacled beasts, provide the real scares in this take on Jim Crow’s US

Bill Beaumont’s success would show rugby’s old order and northern hemisphere dominance

The painter fell in and out of favour with critics. A new exhibition shows his continuing relevance

New festival in New Ross, Co Wexford will honour Irish-American playwright's roots

The myth of great heroism behind the French revolution was fake news

Philippine senator Leila de Lima believes she will be locked up until president steps down

The son of hipster parents, Nicholas Roche, creative director of furniture maker Roche Bobois, came to the family business late. Since then the company has become a leader in global design

The French president’s comment on the need to honour women heroes has created a dilemma