The idea that children could be stolen by fairies (changelings) persisted in parts of Ireland up to the 19th century, sometimes with fatal consequences

Writers fear nobody will read what they have written, and that somebody will

'Beloved Wife and I have been friends for more than half my lifetime'

David O'Mahony says practical effects, classic disaster movies and Christopher Nolan still offer an antidote to AI-era filmmaking

We are an incredibly stupid species. And yet — and yet hope springs eternal. Revolutions of the heart can be won

In blind deference to the institution that cast itself as Rome’s successor, the Catholic Church, how many thousands of women and children did this country lock away in mother and baby institutions or other such places?

Amid global gloom that even a spectacular World Cup could not alleviate, Ryan Gosling is striking a positive keynote: Hope

I’ve taken breaks from reading before, but never because a book like Doireann Ní Ghríofa's 'Said The Dead' was so good it left the sort of dreamy sense that anything else would be a step down, or a mood killer

Well-read and tech-interested in a school system where sport is too frequently the measure of success, he has his niche of friends and is quite staunchly his own person

This weekend is my chance to rack up some unforgettable moments for them, like my dad did for me