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St Vincent interview: ‘I think I’m really lucky in that my work has always saved me’

From dodging the paparazzi to caring for an errant parent, the cult singer/songwriter, whose new album Daddy’s Home is out soon, has had an eventful time of things in the last few years

Milk Fed: Food for thought on the erotic possibilities of frozen yogurt

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

The Panic Years: Charting a course through singlehood, coupledom and childbirth

Nell Frizzell’s new book is a clear-eyed and moving account of how she managed to negotiate the challenges of contemporary womanhood

Jennifer Zamparelli: ‘I’m happy where I am. I’m sick of setting goals. What’s next? Nothing, that’s what’s next!’

The broadcaster once famously described herself as an ‘iron fist in a velvet glove’ on BBC’s The Apprentice. Now she’s an affable radio personality having found her groove on her 2FM weekday slot, not to mention her next gig as the presenter of a new family quiz show for RTÉ

Olympic hopefuls: ‘I think we’re going to be competing with less fear and with more to gain’

Pentathletes Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe have been training hard throughout lockdown for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics set to go ahead this summer, but the extra time has also given them time to take stock

Leaving the city and choosing country life in the age of Covid

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

Passing the screen test: Fiachna Ó Braonáin interview

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

All The Young Men: Compelling portrait of a society riven by fear and bigotry

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

Interview: Cate Sevilla, author of How to Work Without Losing Your Mind

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

Sad Janet: A wallow in misery makes for a memorable literary debut

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

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: An uncompromising celebrity memoir that veers towards the chaotic

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

Ahead of the curve: how Roland Mouret is still shapeshifting

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

Charlotte Tilbury: ‘I believe beauty is not an exclusive club’

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

Jodi Picoult: ‘We are all probably thinking right now: Where am I going? How did I get here? Will this derail me?’

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

Hungry: Spicy and bittersweet memories of a restaurant reviewer

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

Failosophy: Finding new ways to fail better and easier

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

Ane Brun: ‘I was in a very special, vulnerable state of mind’

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

Dermot Bannon interview: Thinking outside the box

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

Clare Dunne: ‘Whether it’s a small indie in Ireland or a big film set in LA, we’re all just trying to tell an amazing story’

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

Rory Keenan on becoming a boy-band star for his new role and creativity in lockdown

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