The Irish Times

Letters from teenage WB Yeats and Tiffany diamonds: what’s coming up in auctions

Christmas rare book online sale to include first editions of De Profundis, Oscar Wilde

Sat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00

In a Word . . .

. . . Wit

Sat Oct 17 2020 - 04:30

Freezing of US borders neutralises Trump’s anti-immigrant charms

US politics: Still unclear what Trump wants to do with second term as election day looms

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 18:50

Fintan O’Toole: Trump has not sacrificed himself for his people. Quite the opposite

If Aids was Trump’s Vietnam, Covid-19 is his director’s cut of Apocalypse Now

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

Lots on the line as Joe Biden moves to select his potential VP

America Letter: Democratic candidate believed to have Kamala Harris at top of list

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 20:34

Americans should not count on a quiet life under Joe Biden

US Politics: Democratic candidate could be the most radical US president in decades

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 11:26

Patrick Freyne: The Crown is about a rich family who stay still

British have little conception of their own history beyond a few overly-fetishised events

Fri Nov 22 2019 - 05:00

Sanders and Warren expose false choice between diversity and welfare

US Politics: The American left’s heroes used to lace reforms with a measure of nativism

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 13:48

Boris Johnson has the charm and depth of an overcooked souffle

Jennifer O’Connell: Unfortunately, sometimes terrifyingly, we often get leaders we deserve

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 06:03

The Blunden sisters: Last of the great adventurers

Sisters Caroline and Jane are selling the contents of Castle Blunden, their family home

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00

Punchestown Festival: Jumps jockey greats turn 40 but look far from done

Walsh, Russell and Geraghty can continue for years with advances in conditioning

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00

CNN sues White House over revoked credentials of correspondent

Network files lawsuit after Jim Acosta banned following spat with Donald Trump

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 15:26

Democrats should learn from Mitch McConnell – even as they abhor him

US Politics: Developing trend of Democratic Party suggests a certain innocence

Thu Oct 11 2018 - 01:00

Long shadow of Civil War politics falls on McCain memorial debate

America Letter: Proposal to rename building taps into broader cultural debate

Sat Sept 01 2018 - 01:00

Populism was not sparked by the financial crisis

Janan Ganesh: The crash just brought to the surface what was already extant and pumping

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 01:00

The Trump Doctrine has no support – even in the White House

US Politics: President’s foreign policy will last no longer than the time he remains in office

Thu Jul 19 2018 - 01:00

Fearful farmers are ‘the tip of the spear’ in Trump’s trade wars

Donald Trump won 70% of the vote in parts of Kansas. Is that support under threat?

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00

Bryan Cranston: ‘I was going to become a police officer’

Bryan Cranston had a solid career as a jobbing actor for three decades, then ‘Breaking Bad’ happened

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 05:00

US politics: the lessons of Alabama

Victory for Doug Jones does not necessarily herald triumph for Democrats in next year’s midterms

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 00:10

Presidential libraries are uniquely American. Will the next be uniquely Trumpian?

America Letter: LBJ’s covered Vietnam, Nixon’s Watergate; Obama’s is wholly digital

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 01:00