A hugely successful school literacy project has helped children discover the joy of books, writes Lisa Jewell

Michael Bernard Beckwith, of the move ‘The Secret’, has a reassuring message for an economically uncertain Ireland, says Lisa Jewell

Women would be lost without their trusty handbag resting on their shoulder or in the crook of their arm. But what does your choice of handbag and the things that you keep in it really reveal about you? Lisa Jewell asked well-known American psychic Victoria Bullis to give readings for three Irish celebrities — she based them on a picture of the bag and a list of the contents, but the celebrity’s name was kept anonymous

A singalong version of the long-running soap includes Bet Lynch, Curly Watts and other much-loved characters, writes Lisa Jewell