Patrick Stewart: ‘I had difficult patches... I’d drink alcohol until I passed out’

As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the actor talks about his career

Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek: ‘It’s inconceivable to me that I should retire’

Star Trek: Picard will be the actor’s first TV trip to that final frontier since 1994

The power of a good book in times of chaos

From Hunter S Thompson to Philip Roth, Shirley Jackson and John Connolly, great writing has a way of making readers feel less isolated in a world of anxiety and upheaval

Bloomsday enthusiasts celebrate Ulysses at Glasnevin Cemetery

Readings, walks and bike tours taking place across Dublin to mark June 16th

Mark Ronson: Uptown Special | Album Review

Uptown Funk: Mark Ronson flexes his superpower

Mark Ronson is having another one of those zeitgeisty moments thanks to “Uptown Funk”. He talks to Jim Carroll about how Stevie Wonder, Michael Chabon and Memphis contributed to the making of new album “Uptown Special”

Ben Marcus – a bright spark in the world of letters

The path of the novelist can be a treacherous one, as novelist Ben Marcus has learned – and taught