Twiggy looks back: ‘You’ve got to remember I was 16. It was bloomin’ exciting. I was travelling the world. I was getting paid’
Twiggy arrived like a pocket cyclone in 1966. A charming new documentary by Sadie Frost charts the rise, success and fears ...
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business ...
The Guide: Alison Moyet, King Lear, Dublin film festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
The rising English comedian Ania Magliano has collected more than a few plaudits over the past three years – “sharp, poised ...
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and The World after Gaza: holding the West to account
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in ...
Black band at bottom lip of shell gives game away for the brown-lipped snail
I found this beautifully coloured snail atop a sand dune on Ventry beach in Co Kerry. Is it native or did it float ashore on ...
Mitch McConnell cuts a lonely figure as US Senate approves RFK jnr nomination
Kentucky senator is sole voice of protest in Republican party, but blew his chance to stop Trump’s return to power ...
Ten pollinator-friendly, versatile shrubs that will flourish in your garden for years
With that in mind, here’s a little shortlist of exceptionally reliable, versatile ornamental shrubs for the spring garden.
The fall and rise of Orla Kiely: ‘As horrible as it was, you just have to get on with it. There are things we won’t do again’
The Irish designer of the world-famous Stem pattern is a strong believer in repeating things – except when it comes to the ...
May All Your Skies Be Blue by Fíona Scarlett: Hopeless dreams in working-class Dublin
Protagonist Shauna is a middle-aged woman faced with the brutal weight of familial duty, lack of opportunity and lack of ...
Roisin Meaney: ‘I’m well on my way to being crowned Crazy Cat Lady of West Clare’
It’s the story of Ellen Sheehan from when she leaves home for the first time aged 20 to when she moves into the house she figures will be her last, aged 59. We accompany her through her life, sharing ...
After Storm Éowyn, Ireland must do what Sweden did 20 years ago
Storm Gudrun shocked the Nordic country into building a new, climate-proofed power grid. Will Ireland follow suit?
Dublin author Fíona Scarlett: ‘A young woman told me to take out that I was a mother in my bio, because it demeaned me and my work’
Partway through Fíona Scarlett’s second novel, May All Your Skies Be Blue (Faber & Faber), one of the central characters, Dean, stands in an airport, looking at a set of sliding doors, move “in and ...