Whether it’s a passion for knitting or shamanism that reels them in, how public figures spend their free-time is revelatory of their inner psyches, writes Rita de Brún.

When Jurgen tells the band to play, they’re always guaranteed to raise a smile.

Rent control alone is not enough. We need a multi-faceted approach unhindered by the chronic short-termism of clientilism, says Eddie Hobbs.

The Greek deal will make its debts a priority but it has lost the trust of the EU leadership and its fellow member states, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill