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Maggie O'Farrell: "I didn’t want to write the kind of novel where you need a degree in English literature to appreciate it"
  • Culture
  • 13 Jan 23
Maggie O'Farrell: "I didn’t want to write the kind of novel where you need a degree in English literature to appreciate it"
Graham Norton: "I would watch <i>The Late Late Show</i> and fantasise about being a guest. It never crossed my mind to be the other person, the guy in the chair"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Nov 22
Graham Norton: "I would watch The Late Late Show and fantasise about being a guest. It never crossed my mind to be the other person, the guy in the chair"
Interview: Jennifer Egan on The Candy House, Reading, Data, and The Two Americas
  • Opinion
  • 01 Jul 22
Interview: Jennifer Egan on The Candy House, Reading, Data, and The Two Americas
Interview: DBC Pierre on Big Snake Little Snake, Universal Odds, Quantum Physics, and Winning The Lotto!
  • Opinion
  • 31 May 22
Interview: DBC Pierre on Big Snake Little Snake, Universal Odds, Quantum Physics, and Winning The Lotto!
Interview: Harlan Coben on The Match, Netflix, Springsteen, and The Art of the Thriller
  • Culture
  • 13 May 22
Interview: Harlan Coben on The Match, Netflix, Springsteen, and The Art of the Thriller
Interview: Sinéad Gleeson on This Woman's Work: Essays On Music
  • Culture
  • 11 May 22
Interview: Sinéad Gleeson on This Woman's Work: Essays On Music
Interview: Colm Tóibín - The Master And The Magician
  • Culture
  • 02 May 22
Interview: Colm Tóibín - The Master And The Magician
She Gives Me Religion: Jan Carson on The Raptures
  • Culture
  • 29 Apr 22
She Gives Me Religion: Jan Carson on The Raptures
Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"
  • Culture
  • 11 Apr 22
Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"
When Love Comes To The Town: Luke Cassidy On His Debut Novel Iron Annie
  • Opinion
  • 21 Jan 22
When Love Comes To The Town: Luke Cassidy On His Debut Novel Iron Annie
Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"
  • Film And TV
  • 10 Nov 21
Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"
Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”
  • Opinion
  • 07 Oct 21
Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”
Interview: John Connolly on Charlie Parker, The Nameless Ones, He, and Shadow Voices
  • Opinion
  • 31 Aug 21
Interview: John Connolly on Charlie Parker, The Nameless Ones, He, and Shadow Voices
Georgia Pritchett: "Maybe anxiety is a way of trying to make sense of the confusion"
  • Film And TV
  • 27 Jul 21
Georgia Pritchett: "Maybe anxiety is a way of trying to make sense of the confusion"
Eimear Ryan: "I started thinking about the death of an artist – and how complicated and multi-layered that is..."
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jul 21
Eimear Ryan: "I started thinking about the death of an artist – and how complicated and multi-layered that is..."
Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Jun 21
Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
  • Opinion
  • 26 May 21
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
  • Opinion
  • 24 Mar 21
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
  • Opinion
  • 12 Mar 21
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
Interview: Patrick Freyne on Writing, Humour, and OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
  • Opinion
  • 18 Jan 21
Interview: Patrick Freyne on Writing, Humour, and OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
Interview: Kevin Barry on Writing, That Old Country Music, and The West
  • Opinion
  • 10 Dec 20
Interview: Kevin Barry on Writing, That Old Country Music, and The West
Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy discusses fascinating new memoir
  • Opinion
  • 11 Nov 20
Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy discusses fascinating new memoir
Interview: Robert Harris On His Novel V2 And The Legacy Of The Second World War
  • Opinion
  • 09 Nov 20
Interview: Robert Harris On His Novel V2 And The Legacy Of The Second World War
Elaine Feeney: “I see women as wonderful, beautiful and complex people, and it frustrates me when I don’t see that reflected in literature”
  • Opinion
  • 06 Oct 20
Elaine Feeney: “I see women as wonderful, beautiful and complex people, and it frustrates me when I don’t see that reflected in literature”
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