Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

And when asked why he wrote an autobiography in his 90s, the poet said he ‘wanted to open [his] heart, all [his] ...

David Buckham was inspired to write his new book after contemplating how society has arrived at such a disrupted state.

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French gastronomy is something unique in the world. There are a few tasting tours that travelers to the City of Love should ...

A pub without pokies has become somewhat of an oxymoron in today’s day and age, but just outside the Queen Victoria Market ...

Leinster contains the most counties ... of Ireland, is famous for Galway City, but also for its breathtaking natural landscape, evoking the ethereal poetry of W.B. Yeats in Sligo and the ...

We’re primed for convolutions because the slow-cooked hate runs so deep on both sides. All Trick, No Treat: Why I’m So ...

It can’t be easy to write a critical book on Auden, who was among the most insightful critics of the last century. (Indeed, many of his best poems are criticism, such as his elegies for Yeats, Freud ...

For the past 55 years Christy Moore has observed (not always from the sidelines) the nature of the human condition. For the ...

I thrill to read the words of Auden, Yeats or Jibanananda, and have a hard time thinking of a greater pleasure. Not just ...