Nothing like a vintage bicycle; first edition of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre also on sale

Ring discovered in attic was probably made to mark the Jane Eyre author’s death

‘It isn’t a handout. We’ve earned it,’ say owners of some of Ireland’s best-known houses

2018 had everything: scandals, outrages and some terrible slurs on journalists

Nell Stevens’s book could have been grating, but succeeds through her charm and skill

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.

With the Ballymaloe Literary Festival taking place this weekend, here are 20 literary quotations to whet the appetite

From Jane Eyre’s madwoman in the attic to Captain Ahab in Moby Dick and Francie in The Butcher Boy, madness is a recurring and compelling theme in literature