Men of the world, take note – the polo neck is back. From Drake to Bond, there’s no cooler fashion statement, writes Troy Patterson.       

Formerly a travel writer - and a person apparently accustomed to excelling in pretty much every area he delves into - British novelist Lawrence Osbourne is something of a throwback to the classic 1930-50 literary period, a time when the likes of Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene were in their prime, setting standards few could ever hope to attain, let alone emulate. 

Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir: 1935-1975

The crime writer PD James has died at the age of 94.

A powerful new book on the life of Derek Mahon sent Thomas McCarthy back to Mahon’s four key works, The Yaddo Letter, The Hudson Letter, The Yellow Book and Harbour Lights.

It was refreshing to hike up to Shannon in Clare a couple of weeks ago to spend some time with Fr Harry Bohan, who’s written a memoir of his varied career, Swimming Upstream — Finding Positives in a Negative Ireland.

I love to travel and discovered many years ago that each journey I took was a story in itself.

Mixed Blessings

Sue Leonard talks to Pulitzer prizewinner Jeffrey Eugenides, about his latest novel, The Marriage Plot, a romantic triangle among three college students

Words Alone: Yeats and his Inheritances, RF Foster, Oxford University Press, €22.95

Tequila Oil: Getting Lost in Mexico

Advice of the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' variety holds good for films, where some re-makes are unnecessary.

Peter Kay is to appear in Doctor Who, it was announced today.

Jude Law has signed on to play Sebastian Flyte in a revisited version of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited with husband and wife team Paul Bettany and Oscar winner Jennifer Connolly.

Cross-dressing comic Eddie Izzard is making a film about his life.

Writer/director Stephen Fry offers up an intelligent comedy with a stellar cast in this adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies (originally called Bright Young Things).

Lady Diana Mosley, the former wife of 1930s British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, has died at the age of 93.

Comedian, novelist and raconteur Stephen Fry today received the Pipe Smoker of the Year Award 2003.