With most businesses in Dublin and other cities currently shuttered, an increasing number of people are taking the plunge and relocating to rural boltholes. The benefits, they say, are immediate and obvious

Best known for his years as a mainstay of Hothouse Flowers, the musician turned broadcaster has now dipped his toe into the world of acting with a role in TG4’s Ros na Rún

Ruth Coker Burks’s memoir of her years spent caring for terminally ill Aids patients in the 1980s is a grim but absorbing read

After coming through the traumatic experience of working for a seemingly successful business that spectacularly fell apart, Cate Sevilla is well placed to give advice on how to survive the ups and downs in any workplace

Lucie Britsch’s first novel manages to breathe fresh life into the well-worn trope of the emotionally damaged female narrator

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom has written an entertaining and at times vivid memoir, but its scattergun approach means that some important issues are skimmed over

He created the Galaxy dress, the cinch-waisted 2000s phenomenon which promised to flatter all shapes, but the French designer has evolved with the times, creating clothes for our current decidedly more comfort-centric era

In uncertain times for the beauty business, the make-up mogul is still brimming with positivity as she looks to the future

The Guardian’s restaurant critic Grace Dent revisits a working-class childhood in northern England through vivid descriptions of food and family

Novelist Jodi Picoult talks about politics in her novels, an unhappy experience with Hollywood and her 27th book, which deals with the different paths a life can take

Whenever something goes wrong, treat it as a life lesson, advises Elizabeth Day in her new book

Back on our screens with a new series of Incredible Homes, Dermot Bannon is anxious that the show be seen not as ostentatious property porn, but as simple escapism for the troubling times we live in

A family bereavement ended up inspiring the Norwegian singer-songwriter to create her rawest, most personal work in years

Lockdown derailed many careers, but actor and writer Clare Dunne is rising to the challenges of 2020, as seen by the warm reception given to her self-penned feature Herself

The Dublin actor has never been short of work from early appearances on stage with Cyril Cusack to a starring role in new Netflix series The Duchess, and he now plans to direct a short film in London starring his wife Gemma Arterton

As students finally return to school after five months, principals, teachers and parents are caught up in a welter of preparation, confusion, nervousness and excitement

The British author’s latest murder mystery Moonflower Murders is set partly on a tranquil Greek island, with an enchanting sense of place

In a devastating memoir, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine Terri White recounts the horrors of her childhood and her attempts to escape to a better life

John Boyne’s absorbing, impressive, but not always easy, tome has a clear message: people don’t get wiser with the passing of time

The world’s population is set to age significantly thanks to falling birth rates and rising life expectancy. Where does Ireland fit into this picture, and what will it mean for our future as a society and an economy?