Shane Hegarty

Authors are immersed in their stories for months at a time. And then a strange thing can happen

Maybe my 10-year-old thinks it’ll be this good forever. I know it can’t be, but I’m not telling her that

From a Martello tower to the seat of a car, writers can find inspiration in many places, but a special location can help. Just beware of the tumble-dryer

Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft

Thanks to Zoom , shaking shoulders are a welcome Covid-era form of positive feedback

Its prose is flat, design rudimentary, but Wikipedia remains a triumph of human ingenuity

The ‘book’ of 2059 may evolve as combination of storytelling, gaming and social media

Team games are waning, endurance sports are growing, and participation by women is rising

A decade ago who would have guessed Netflix would become an entertainment giant?

Climate change, overtourism, space travel and virtual reality will have a huge impact in years to come

Machines will do the jobs we don’t like, but what if they also start to beat us at things we enjoy?

The vintage watch world has seen huge growth in interest and prices in recent years

Groundhog Day is considered the best example, but it wasn’t the first – or the last

My daughter can’t wait for the Greatest Showman at 3Arena – and neither can this Wolverine fan

Douglas Adams’s novel is still a hilarious map to life’s terrain