In his memoir, legendary actor Anthony Hopkins dissects how he approached the biggest roles of his career, being bullied as a child and confronting his alcoholism.

Only last week, a Commons report condemned the Home Office’s “chaotic” mismanagement for the waste of £15billion on hotel ...

Sometimes, when you read a poem, it feels as if it were crafted just for you, as though the poet could see directly into your ...

The fantasy and science fiction writer found her way into her invented worlds by making maps and then mentally exploring them.

Michael O’Sullivan is a former film critic and editor for The Washington Post.

Inkbound Bookshop is opening Halloween night in Gort as Ireland’s first bookstore dedicated entirely to indie authors. The ...

There can be no greater irony than the fact that while the East once showed the West the way to “Shanti” (peace), sections of people in the East are now embracing mindless revelry and noisy ...

For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and ...

The Belfast-born poet, who died five years ago, left us a precious legacy of transcendent beauty, vigour, wit and profundity ...

Sometimes, when you read a poem, it feels as if it were crafted just for you, as though the poet could see directly into your ...

Some readers of our local paper might recall a historical moment when a stressed President Abraham Lincoln ended an elegy at ...