Nobel Prize in economics awarded to duo for work on auction theory
Stanford professors responsible for new formats used widely around the world
Philip Glass: ‘Everyone needs a technique, whether they’re a plumber or a cook’
The composer on febrile 1960s New York, working day jobs into his 40s and the term ‘minimalism’
Aosdána functions as way of hiding fact that arts funding is shamefully low
If sector was funded to level of European norm there would be no need for allowances
‘The only message I’ve peddled is that we’re headed for the apocalypse’
Don’t laugh at Edward Aczel’s awkward attempts at comedy – he’s trying not to be funny. But, as his new stand-up show, ‘Is Ed Aczel Infinite?’ proves, anti-comedy can be timeless
Martin McDonagh: A history of violence
After 20 years Druid Theatre Company is reviving ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’. Here its creator looks back
Sydney Festival shows the city how it can change and grow
The city’s main arts festival has helped transform a suburb. With a changing of the guard can it also alter its own identity?
Warning signs two years before dementia develops
Dementia sufferers ‘stop noticing memory loss two years before condition develops’
Starmus: a festival of the stars
At Starmus Festival in Tenerife, the superstars of science and megastars of music bring cosmology to earth
UCC to honour Nobel Laureate
Prof John O’Keefe will become third Nobel Prize winner to be honoured by UCC
Samuel Beckett’s old school ties
Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans
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