'I felt euphoric, aware of the blood pumping through my veins, aware of how wonderfully, insistently alive I was'

"But the most important thing to remember is that a moment will come where we will have to give in to the change that is coming. It is easier to let it have its way with us, rather than fight it."

When we make idols out of golden calves, we can only blame ourselves when they fail us.

By refusing to accept that violence against women is not just a problem but an epidemic — we are complicit, writes Louise O’Neill

"I have become obsessed with Daft, to a somewhat unhealthy degree. Sometimes I pretend I’ve won the lottery and put my minimum price at two million euro, just so I can marvel at how appalling rich people’s taste in kitchens is"

"I’ve been thinking about parental alienation a lot recently because of two high-profile cases: the Mia Farrow and Woody Allen case, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce."

'Because his job is based in Dublin and my job is wherever I put my laptop down, that decision has to involve me leaving my beloved west Cork'

To have someone with Prince Harry's platform be so open about his experiences — the PTSD, the panic attacks, the attempts to numb his pain with alcohol and drugs — and the steps he took to heal from that, might go some way towards destigmatising these issues

Rutger Bregman's latest book, Humankind: A Hopeful History, argues that human beings, when left to their own devices, are fundamentally good

"And now I’m the person in my thirties and I want to desperately say to anyone younger than me, I’m not old, okay? I’m not."