Graham Greene

Dolls’ houses: it’s a small world at Fonsie Mealy Castlecomer sale

A collection of dolls’ houses once owned by writer Graham Green’s wife Vivien are to be sold along with miniature furniture

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 00:00

Cape May review: Desire and betrayal in 1950s New Jersey

Chip Creek’s vibrant debut puts two innocent newly-weds in a place where anything goes

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00

Fashionable exit: The separation of technology and style

The trend of marrying new gadgets with luxury clothing may already be over

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 07:38

A Private War: Marie Colvin lived the war correspondent cliche

Review: The honkingly unsubtle dialogue is not worthy of Rosamund Pike’s steely focus

Thu Feb 14 2019 - 05:00

Achill Island beach that reappeared in 2017 disappears again

Storm deposited Dooagh sand back after 30 years but beach now washed away again

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 03:00

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: Groundbreaking book changed the view of first World War

In a new introduction to All Quiet, historian Norman Stone argues the brutality of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel changed perceptions about the war

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 06:00

From Notre Dame to Haji Ali Dargah Mosque, a parade of holy places in fiction

Since Chaucer there has been a rich tradition of writers inspired by religious buildings

Thu Aug 16 2018 - 05:52

Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down

Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00

Tangerine by Christine Mangan: debut thriller tries to do too much

Morocco in the 1950s is a captivating setting for this uneven but admirably sinister novel

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 05:24

What’s better than one long-lost Achill beach returning? A second one

Achill Tourism hopes the restored Ashleam beach will offer similar windfall to Dooagh beach

Fri Nov 17 2017 - 07:33

Wind River: Snowy noir on a Native American reservation

A strong sense of place elevates this procedural above the norm

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 08:00

At Swim-Two-Cultures – An Irishman’s Diary about the Austrian director who filmed an unfilmable Flann O’Brien novel

Thu Jul 20 2017 - 00:01

Snake wine and five o’clock follies in Vietnam

Gemma Tipton gets to grips with wonderful Vietnam

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 00:00

Sands of time return Achill beach 30 years after it washed away

Ocean deposits thousands of tons of sand at Dooagh, recreating the strand

Mon May 01 2017 - 11:07

London Letter: David Hockney a rare Brexiteer among British cultural giants

Most British writers today are Remainers. Which side would past literary giants take?

Fri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00

Don’t call Trump a gaslighter: he’s just an inveterate liar

The US president is not slyly trying to alter our perception of reality – he’s just a fibber

Sat Jan 21 2017 - 06:00

Visual Art: David Hockney’s Belfast show is modest in scale but ambitious in scope

MAC exhibition, a first for Ireland, is a fine collection with a focus on drawing

Tue Sept 13 2016 - 06:00

The original Jaws resurfaces in Sligo

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the auction house . . . A first edition of Jaws and a drawing by its author are snapped up

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 00:00

Book collecting: ‘People get a feeling for a book and they must have it’

‘First Editions’ in Dublin’s Ballsbridge is a popular destination for book lovers

Sat Aug 22 2015 - 08:00

Review | Every Time A Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal, by Jay Parini

A friend and fan unpicks the complicated life of one of one of America’s finest writers

Sat Aug 15 2015 - 06:00