At last, autonomy for women living in Ireland, autonomy taken from them for so very, very long writes Suzanne Harrington.

Home, 4.30pm. Having arrived home from our three-week holiday, my husband and I are sitting on the sofa, at something of a loose end.

It’s 40 years since angry young bands like The Sex Pistols outraged society, but their influence is everywhere, says Suzanne Harrington.

Looking for a holiday read? Eoghan O’Sullivan rounds up some of the best music-related books around at the moment.

Viv Albertine was a guitarist with anarchic all-girl band the Slits in 1970s London. From hanging with a ‘shy’ Sid Vicious to fearing for her life as a female punk, Emer Sexton meets a woman who tore up the rulebook.