October 3, 2024, is National Poetry Day in both the US and UK. What better way to celebrate than by revisiting Irish poet Seamus Heaney's "When All The Others Were Away at Mass," which was named ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

Reviews of Geraldine Mitchell’s Naming Love; Kelly Michels’s American Anthem; David McLoghlin’s Crash Centre; and John Mee’s ...

The legacy of an 18th century poet said to have inspired Robert Burns and known for his famous poem about “Auld Reikie” is to ...

Matt Schucker “I’ll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my ... hard to find and lucky to have.” — Irish Proverb “Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.” ...

He pointed out in exasperation that Ulysses was, after all, a funny book. It is indeed ... He hated what he called the "whine" in Irish poetry. When he noticed the impulsive tear and smile ...

The biopic Kneecap details how the Belfast trio came together to become the first major Irish language rap group.

Television sets require long shooting days, and William Christopher filled his time on M*A*S*H engaging in an oddly specific ...

PATRICK Kielty’s wife Cat Deeley teared up on air after getting a shock birthday surprise. The Birmingham beauty celebrated her 48th birthday yesterday with her co-host Ben Shephard on This ...

Three very different non-fiction books feature this week, along with two Irish crime novels.

Seven years ago, TV star-turned-life coach Holly Matthews’s husband died at the age of 32, leaving her alone with her two ...

Eluned Morgan travels to Cork on Thursday for a bilateral with the Irish Government, but first she must learn a cúpla focail ...