Carlo Ratti and Dirk Helbing describe a world where we are inundated with so much information it is difficult to filter out the noise and discover the joys of serendipity

SALMAN Rushdie’s tenth novel opens in Arab Spain in 1195, when disgraced court physician and philosopher Ibn Rushd takes in the mysterious 16-year-old orphan Dunia.

The annual Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival will celebrate the live art from Sept 6-8. The festival, established by writer, Chuck Kruger, in 1994, attracts storytellers from all over the world.

Experimental offerings won out over the traditional at this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival, writes Pádraic Killeen