Notes to John by Joan Didion: The posthumous publication of the writer’s psychiatry sessions feels exploitative
If the great essayist had wanted this published she probably would have done it herself
Joan Didion
Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik: It’s almost unfair for a biography to be such fun
This is less a sequel to the author’s Hollywood’s Eve than a retelling, with Didion now cast as the lead
Fintan O’Toole on his career: ‘You had to learn to live with the fact that some people despised you’
The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
The last of the Dunnes: ‘Someone in a bar said, You are like the Kennedys. That really offended me’
Actor Griffin Dunne on his Irish-American family, including his father Dominick Dunne and sister Dominique, who was murdered as a young woman
Lorde: ‘I’m only just scratching the surface of my powers’
The New Zealand singer on her new album, giving up social media and dealing with grief
Michael Stipe: ‘Cold-ass b**ch was a coat I put on to protect myself. I can take it off now’
The artist and REM singer talks American presidents, parties and photographing his heroes
The Hard Crowd: Everything is turning to gold
Book review: Enthralling collection of essays from the acclaimed novelist Rachel Kushner
John Clarke on missing his wife Marian Finucane: ‘I didn’t realise how much we chatted’
He recalls her odd attitude to doctors, their ‘crazy’ love and their late daughter
Orla Tinsley: Returning to Covid-19 Ireland after my lung transplant
The writer and cystic fibrosis campaigner spent six years in New York where she had an operation
Mick Harvey: On My Culture Radar
Musician on the American author Joan Didion and Alice Coltrane’ ashram music
Can you channel Jack Kerouac in an electric car?
Henry Mance plugged in, turned on and hit Route 80 to find out. Spontaneity and distance were the first casualties
The Paper Wasp review: Obsessive female friendship turned sour
Lauren Acampora’s debut novel, set in the Holywood bubble, is gripping and nuanced
Netflix: the 10 best new films and shows to watch in May
Renee Zellweger stars in What/If; Knock Down the House looks at the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Neck trouble, philosophy and defiance: A literary guide to middle age
Our middle years have had a makeover thanks to some excellent recent literature
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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