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: 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: Study for Obedience a thin read that leaves reader out in the cold modernist and philosophical novel, set in a bleak north European nowhere, offers little reward for the effort of reading it
Books Book Review: Falling Animals a gorgeous weaving of people and the seascape that shapes their livesSheila Armstrong’s gorgeous debut brings to life the Sligo coast through the story of two famous, strange, shipwrecks that have occurred there
Books Book review: Why Hotel 21 merits a holiday check-inThe debut novel from screenwriter Senta Rich has plenty of perks to recommend it, with lively dialogue that jumps off the page
Books Book review: Wealth of possibility unrealised in Poverty, By AmericaPulitzer prize winner Matthew Desmond uses powerful personal experiences to help us grasp a critical topic, but his argument then sadly tapers off into statistics
Books Book Review: Literary ghosts of Dublin come alive in fascinating stroll through cityFrom literary legends to small scale pamphleteers, Chris Morash’s book opens up new corners of a city bursting at the seams with writers great and small