It was quite literally all about the ones and the zeros as an auctioneer’s hammer fell at €11,000 for a signed first edition of a book by the father of modern technology — bought for University College Cork.

CALLING the bluff of Greek’s European partners, and retorting with an immediate referendum demonstrated Napoleonic verve by prime minister Alexis Tsipras, writes Gerard Howlin. 

A preferred book café here in Singapore is just a medium stroll from our apartment.

Next weekend Russia will hold a presidential election that will be little more than a charade.

ACCORDING to your own editorial (December 7) “A Book is for Life — the Power of Ideas”, reading can be both “enriching and empowering”. True, but it all depends on the books.