Why we get fooled again and again by being too trustful
Andrew Lownie’s book is officially a joint profile, giving equal billing to the headstrong and vivacious woman Louis Mountbatten married in 1922
History: El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America, By Carrie Gibson, Grov...
Angels With Blue Faces is an intriguing cold case study in which Lyra McKee's earthy and idealistic voice shines through the bleak subject matter
In Malachi O’Doherty’s typically freewheeling and idiosyncratic new book, he imagines meeting his teenage self and telling him what the next half century was to bring
A good news story about the future of journalism
Former RTÉ producer David Blake Knox has used the story of Thomas Niedermayer and his ill-fated family as a springboard for a consistently thought-provoking read
Politics: Michael Gove: A Man in a Hurry, By Owen Bennett, Biteback, €23 Owen Bennett must be w...
True Crime: The Secret Serial Killer: The True Story of Kieran Kelly, By Robert Mulhern, Pen &...
Annie director Nikolai Foster sacrifices subtlety for speed, and the production races along from the opening song, Maybe, to the festive conclusion, A New Deal for Christmas
Politics: Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer, By Eoin Ó Broin, Merrion Press, €14.95 Eoin ...
Dorian Lynskey traces the genesis of Nineteen Eighty-Four back to the Spanish Civil War, in which Orwell fought with a Marxist militia, but saw his comrades torn apart by factionalism and propaganda
Siege, the sequel to Fire and Fury, picks up the story in February 2018, covering Trump’s second year in office with much the same mixture of moral outrage, melodramatic analysis and titillating anecdotes
Politics: Enda the Road: Nine Days That Toppled A Taoiseach, By Gavan Reilly, Mercier Press, €1...
Rosita Boland consistently pulls off the difficult balancing act of conveying her emotional pain without descending into self-pity
