Books Book review: Zadie Smith’s mistaken identity novel casts an eye over Victorian England and its many frauds The Fraud is ostensibly about a butcher who claims to be the long-lost son of an heiress, but also examines many other half-truths of the period
Business Post Magazine Book review: The End of Reality urges us to push back against technocrats who run the world ‘Scathing but humane’ book by Jonathan Taplin centres on four infantile tech-bro billionaires who hold far too much power over us all
Books Book review: Thomas Morris opens up new angles on modern manhoodWhile rumours of the Welsh writer’s genius may be exaggerated, this clutch of five short stories is original and fresh
Books Book review: Past and present intertwine in wild and magnificent Irish epicIn Thirsty Ghosts, Emer Martin revisits the O’Conaill family of her previous novel, whose members are now adults struggling to survive in 1970s Ireland
Travel Second nature: freewheeling through Slovenia With its green credentials, unspoiled landscapes and high quality local food producers, it’s like Tuscany without the crowds and high prices
Paddy O’Dea: Culture Night shows that Dublin’s night mayor cannot be a cheap imitation Culture Night gives a platform for Ireland’s creativity at its best but there needs to be a long term strategy for our nighttime economy
Tastemaker Musician Sweetlemondae: ‘I don’t have any regrets. Good or bad, everything happens for a reason to shape me’ The Galway artist was named as one of ten artists to look out for this year on RTÉ 2FM’s Rising list
Music The Murder Capital on Glastonbury, friendship and travelling the worldThe Murder Capital talk about their aspirations to tour the planet, make a music documentary and play the Pyramid Stage
Feature Stage fright – when the audience was a no-show for famous performers Getting a gig can seem like you’ve arrived if you’re an up-and-coming artist, but as these stars experienced, going on stage can be a very lonely place
Books Book review: Tony Holohan memoir holds few revelations and little if any contrition Erstwhile chief medical officer famous for his role during the Covid pandemic has written a worthy and humane book, but certainly not a particularly gripping one
Fashion News New Chanel retrospective exhibition shows how the suit became coolGabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto is the latest exhibition to launch in London’s Victor and Albert Museum – here’s what to expect
Film Director Luke McManus on the burdens of discrimination and stereotypes borne by a people long dismissedThe film-maker’s 2022 documentary North Circular read like a love letter to a Dublin often ignored. Circular Line is primed to do the same again, writes Kate Demolder
Album Reviews Album reviews: Olivia Rodrigo masters the art of credible storytellingThe American singer-songwriter tells her tales of poignant pain with an authenticity that belies her young age
Letter From America Marion McKeone: Back-to-work Drew Barrymore draws writers’ fury as she breaks ranks with strikersThe actress and chat show host is among a trickle of big-name producers and presenters returning to work, but at least a new law may allow the strikers to claim the dole
Books Book review: Philosophy for a Better World in the social media ageAcademic Arianne Shahvisi drops the well-worn canon to reveal how reason is beset by unexamined assumptions, leading to cancel culture, bigotry and oppression
Books Book review: Dutch author’s exploration of anxiety is fascinating and relatable In The Anxiety Project, Dutch journalist and novelist Daan Heerma van Voss, who himself suffers from crippling fear, takes a literary look at the condition
Interview Booker-longlisted novelist Elaine Feeney on childhood, the music of language and the power of placeUnlike many creative people, the Athenry author of How to Build a Boat has never felt the urge to escape from her past
Books Book review: Anne Enright’s light touch makes pure poetry of The Wren, The WrenLatest novel exploring family relationships may be even better than her Booker Prize-winning The Gathering
Classical Notes Veronica Dunne winner socked by conductor after opera ‘error’Sir John Eliot Gardiner cancels all engagements after outburst in which he punched award-winning young bass William Thomas
Books Book review: Chronicle of Germany’s post-WWI descent from democracy has a lesson for us allHistorian Frank McDonough’s thorough account of the Weimar period deftly builds a menacing sense of momentum, with Hitler hovering over all
