BGE Theatre Dublin until September 1

Marian Keyes, Eimear McBride, and Edna O’Brien join JK Rowling and Harper Lee on a list of the 100 essential books by female writers from the past 100 years, according to a new poll.

Literature doesn’t get much stranger — nor more fun — than this. 

SPANNING 1925 to 1941, this richly imagined novel of Virginia Woolf delves deep into her psyche, drawing perhaps too heavily on the biography written by Hermione Lee, which lends it enormous accuracy.

Comedian Paul O’Grady has called for the tradition of sheep-herding over London Bridge for charity to be scrapped.

Rupert Murdoch is considering selling all his British newspapers, his biographer has claimed.

BRET EASTON ELLIS was 19 when he wrote Less Than Zero, a coruscating account of disaffected youth in his hometown, Los Angeles.

Defence giant BAE Systems was told today that some future contracts may have to be sacrificed if it wants to repair the company’s tarnished reputation.

THE column by former Fianna Fáil adviser Noel Whelan (Irish Examiner, September 15) is typical of the arrogance of that party concerning unionists and loyalists and their total ignorance as regards the situation in Northern Ireland.

IRISH Democrats have signed up hundreds of postal voters in a bid to win the US presidential election for John Kerry.

Irish Democrats have signed up hundreds of postal voters in a bid to win the US presidential election for John Kerry.

A previously unpublished series of hand-written Virginia Woolf manuscripts has been bought by the British Library, it was announced today.

Hit musical Chicago led the Oscar race today with 13 nominations – including one for British star Catherine Zeta Jones.

Moors murderer Myra Hindley could win the right to seek her freedom if three other killers defeat the Home Secretary in a key House of Lords appeal which begins tomorrow.

Relatives of Jill Dando’s killer Barry George today appealed to the public to come forward with any fresh evidence that might help clear his name.

The murder conviction of Drogheda man James Hanratty, who was hanged 40 years ago protesting his innocence, was today upheld by the UK's Court of Appeal which ruled that DNA evidence established his guilt ‘‘beyond doubt’’.

The naming of Garry Flitcroft completed a successful legal battle by the Sunday People, which has been fighting to identify him for nearly a year.

A married Premier League footballer who had affairs with two women will be exposed tonight after failing in an extraordinary last-ditch plea for his identity to remain secret.

A married Premier League footballer who had affairs with two women faces being named this weekend.

An internal investigation was under way today following the publication of police ‘‘mugshots’’ of James Bulger’s schoolboy killers on the day they were charged.

An appeal by jailed farmer Tony Martin is due to start in July, his solicitor said today.

The father of James Bulger has said judges and politicians have "blood on their hands".

The father of James Bulger has failed in his High Court bid to block the early release of his son's killers, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.

A dispute has erupted in the High Court over reports one of the killers of James Bulger has allegedly been involved in violent incidents while in detention.