Jack Frimston, aka Feeka, lists the tracks that have inspired him over the years

Adam Grant argues that only the complacent and self-satisfied are entirely consistent

The Bray trio reveal the songs that inspired their latest album

Honest and unvarnished memoir by a child orphaned after the infamous nightclub fire

The Cork singer-songwriter picks the tracks that mean the most to her

Journalist and former BBC Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler sees the United Kingdom dying before his eyes

The Dublin-born singer/songwriter picks the ten songs which mean the most to her

John Preston’s biography of the late tycoon Robert Maxwell is impressively researched and thoroughly readable

Solo artist and former lead singer with Vann Music A. Smyth selects the tracks that have inspired him recently

Dan Morain’s biography of the US vice-president is well-observed and diligent, but frustratingly lacking in inside detail

A new collection of essays about Charles Stewart Parnell is often rambling and unfocused

The electronica artist picks the ten songs that mean the most to her creatively and spiritually

This able retelling of Rose Dugdale’s IRA-assisted theft of paintings from Russborough House in 1974 suffers from the absence of her own voice

The composer and Flamenco guitarist explains what drew him to Spanish music and selects the tracks that have inspired him

The Today FM presenter reveals the songs that have inspired her down through the years

In a study that covers biology, sociology and psychology, as well as anthropology and virology, Edwin Gale argues humans have changed so much that our ancestors wouldn’t be able to recognise us

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The English-born crime writer selects the tracks that shaped her life and musical outlook

A slim polemic arguing the case for Enya’s back catalogue barely scratches the surface of its subject

The Limerick folk-rock outfit’s frontman Darragh Griffin selects the tunes that mean the most to him