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Jennifer Rock, skincare expert and founder of The Skin Nerd, helps us separate fact from fiction

As the last year has given us a new-found appreciation for the ability to smell, we pay homage to this most transformative of senses

This week, psychologist Aisling Leonard-Curtin advises a reader who is worried that her child may be lacking in empathy

The journalist, author and beauty expert tells us what inspires her

new novel takes an original and refreshing approach towards the fraught subjects of eating disorders, dysfunctional relationships and sex

Despite the dangers and unspeakable punishments if caught, there was no shortage of double agents willing to infiltrate the IRA during the Troubles

The Japanese novelist’s latest short story collection is an unsettling mix of magic realism and jarring bluntness

The Sandymount burger joint is the only one in Ireland or Britain with a three-star rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s ‘food made good’ programme

Folk songs by way of North Carolina and Limerick, a new album from the Liberties singer/songwriter and an electronic/pop trio’s third record are all reviewed this week

Shakespeare’s classic and David Ireland’s Sadie were both staged for British TV last week, with impressive results

Our bosses want us to work longer and longer shifts – and why wouldn’t they? Which makes it all the more important that we stand firm and resist

In this extract from his new memoir What Matters Now, broadcaster and author Gareth O’Callaghan looks back to 2019 and the happiness he shared with his partner Paula, even as they faced into a future made torturous and uncertain by the news that O’Callaghan was suffering from a rare neurological illness called multiple system atrophy

We’ve been left reeling all right after what we’ve been through this year and last. But imagine how happy the soundtrack will be when society is finally back open again

Having escaped hostile climates and blight in Europe, malbec is now one of Argentinian wine’s most popular exports

Your weekly guide to the best shows and films on TV or on demand

In a touching account of their long friendship, writer and singer Tracey Thorn highlights how Lindy Morrison, the drummer for Australian indie rock band the Go-Betweens, has been denied her deserved place in music history

The Australian indie folk-rocker pick the tunes that have inspired him

Men are feeling more pressure than ever to achieve unattainable looks, but women have been graded and degraded on their appearance for centuries. It’s time for us all to go easy on ourselves

The influential beauty blogger and self-confessed skincare junkie documents her personal evolution from insecure teen to self-accepting adulthood and the women who helped her get there