Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in May
Including Murderbot, Welcome to Wrexham, The Better Sister, Dept Q and Bono: Stories of Surrender
Margaret Atwood
AI panic: Artists angry that a machine is learning from their work should relax
Has no one noticed that art for as long as it has existed is entirely derivative? That humans are as mimetic as machines?
Dalkey Book Festival, The Killers and other events to see, shows to book and ones coming your way this week
June 8th-14th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Margaret Atwood postpones Bord Gáis theatre event after testing positive for Covid-19
Canadian author says she will try to reschedule event with Laurie Anderson and Mary Robinson for later in the year
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue
Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood: Wit and humanity in the darkest of places
Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode
‘Join the club’: Bestselling writers show support after just two people attend debut author’s book launch
Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Margaret Atwood share their similar experiences with debut author
The book thief: He obtained hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, but nobody knows why
The FBI has arrested Filippo Bernardini, accusing him of stealing unpublished books
Over 40 complaints made about ‘unsuitable’ books on English curriculum
Complaints to department from parents, though some students defend novels
The Handmaid’s Tale, once an urgent parable for our times, has become merely adequate
Season 4 review: Elisabeth Moss is the best thing about an only occasionally gripping series
Jennifer O’Connell: Margaret Atwood is not the biggest threat to your children’s wellbeing
Yes, schools should be a safe place, as the callers to Liveline insisted. But safe does not mean sanitised
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Another two weeks off school? How to keep children and teenagers entertained over Easter
If you need some ideas to keep children distracted and happy, here are some suggestions
Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain
Debut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addiction
Coney Barrett unfairly targeted in attacks over childcare
New US supreme court judge subjected to personalised attacks over family duties
Melatu-Uche Okorie: ‘In Ireland, you have to be mentally strong to survive’
The author and academic on art, self-expression, and overcoming obstacles through creativity
Nobel Prize in literature 2020: who will win after after years of scandal?
Experts are predicting a cautious choice this week after last year’s divisive award to Peter Handke
Nick Cave criticises cancel culture as ‘bad religion run amuck’
Political correctness has ‘asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society’, musician says
When I think it won’t hurt too much, I imagine the children I will not have
The biggest contribution anyone can make to the climate crisis is not to have a family
Web Summit claims its first event to be held remotely a big success
Company’s in-house software platform could prove to be very profitable if it makes online events work well
Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?
Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge
The Irish Times view on literature in a time of crisis: If we winter this one out...
At this time of social isolation, books offer not just consolation but a portal to the most profound human connection
Exergaming: Fun and fitness from the comfort of your own home
These days, exercise video games disguise fitness routines in the form of role-playing, dancing or running from zombies
Winter in Sokcho: Enigmatic examination of a woman in stasis
Review: Élisa Shua Dusapin’s beguiling debut charts interior and exterior landscapes in South Korea
Elisabeth Moss: ‘Something is actually wrong here and I’m not going crazy’
Unlike many stars, she has hardly put a foot wrong since her career-making role
Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings
Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle
Fintan O'Toole: The big question of the last decade is...
The Decade in Culture: t’s up to us to reclaim the private self from Google and Facebook
Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decade
The Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19
Keeping it in the family
Some of Ireland’s most successful family-run companies share the secrets of their success
The book I want for Christmas: Paschal Donohoe, Alison Spittle, Joseph O’Connor and more
Seven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this Christmas
Are Church of Ireland bishops about to fail their vast middle ground?
The General Synod and not Gafcon decides the policy and doctrine of the Church of Ireland
Margaret Atwood says Ireland is a ‘little point of light’ globally
Booker Prize winning author puts hope in young people in battle against totalitarianism
Crosswords & Puzzles
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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