Ian Mcewan
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Europe ‘coming apart before our eyes’, say 30 writers, historians and nobel laureates
- UK
- January 25, 2019, 21:23
Liberal values in Europe face a challenge “not seen since the 1930s”, leading intellectuals from 21 countries have said, as the UK lurches towards Bre(...)

How Mayo writer Sally Rooney became a literary phenomenon in the UK
- Books
- January 9, 2019, 09:52
A good measure of a book’s success is: are booksellers tired of being asked if they have it in stock? In one south London bookshop, the owner has put (...)

José Mourinho forgot happiness need not be a weakness
- Soccer
- December 22, 2018, 08:00
José Mourinho looked unimpressed. He had been handed a copy of Matt Busby’s 1973 autobiography, Soccer at the Top, with the last page open. There Busb(...)

Leading Irish authors sign letter against ‘forced resignation’ of editor over #MeToo essay
- Books
- September 26, 2018, 06:15
Leading Irish writers John Banville, Colm Tóibín and Roy Foster, along with some of the biggest names in English letters, including Joyce Carol Oates,(...)

The Children Act: Just let the film die, Emma Thompson
- Film
- August 24, 2018, 05:00
Can a committed, dignified performance save an otherwise painfully flawed project? On this evidence, the answer would be: “Erm, maybe, just about.”&nb(...)

What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?
- Health & Family
- July 31, 2018, 17:01
A childhood without celebrating birthdays – your own or anybody else’s – is hard to imagine in 21st century Ireland. When your child is at primary sch(...)

Apostasy: A ruthless, brilliant evisceration of the cult mentality
- Film
- July 27, 2018, 05:00
It’s not unknown for films concerning the same subject to open within a few weeks of one another. It is, however, rare for such a particular issue as (...)

Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
- Film
- May 26, 2018, 05:00
Lessons have been learnt. Back in 2014, some weeks after Brazil were thoroughly spanked by the Germans, Hollywood’s summer sputtered to a halt after t(...)

Reviewing the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach, I remarked on a minute breach of middle-class etiquette. Saoirse Ronan is reliably exce(...)

If you want a sense of the cultural distinction that once existed between England and the United States you could do worse than set Dominic Cooke’s On(...)