Person: Robert Harris

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<p>Robert Harris: They had promised Home Rule and they simply had to deliver it. And equally the Tory party under Bonar Law and with Carson was adamant that they would not allow a fully united Ireland. Picture: Getty Images</p>

culture

Author interview: A moment when the world tips over into something else

In 'Precipice' Robert Harris sees 1914 — the year of the outbreak of the First World War — as the great watershed in Western history

<p>Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris is riding high in the Irish books charts. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>

culture

Robert Harris: 'You can’t escape history. It will come back and bite you'

news

Man came out of coma and stole doctor’s phone and cash

property

No stone left unturned in this west Cork beauty’s design

general

A question of taste: Iarla Ó Lionáird

general

Irish broadcasters reveal the books they will be packing in their suitcases this summer

Winning literary prize makes novelist Sebastian Barry ‘feel 12 again’

Novelist Sebastian Barry has won the prestigious Walter Scott literary prize for a second time.

Tue, 20 Jun, 2017

Skibbereen exhibition to highlight links between West Cork and Cornwall

A new exhibition in Skibbereen is just the latest instalment in a long history of cultural links between West Cork and Cornwall, writes Robert Harris

Tue, 30 May, 2017

Beginner's Pluck: Ciaran McMenamin

Always good at creative writing, Ciaran parted company with school before taking his A levels. After a while he left Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh for Glasgow to attend drama school. Then, moving to London, he began to act, and has been doing so ever since.

Sat, 22 Apr, 2017

Robert Harris: Extracting drama from the frisson of human interaction

Robert Harris never meant to write novels. A political journalist, who, at 30, moved from the BBC to become political editor of the Observer, he enjoyed writing longer pieces; and between 1982 and 1990, he penned five works of non-fiction.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2016

Book review: Dictator

ONE of the most striking aspects of Robert Harris’s novel, Dictator — which is the final instalment in his trilogy about the life of Cicero, the Roman politician and philosopher — is the casual way in which violence was administered in the Rome of the first century BC. 

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

Macdonald 'very, very moved' to win prize for H Is For Hawk memoir

Helen Macdonald has won this year’s Costa Prize for her memoir H Is For Hawk.

Wed, 28 Jan, 2015

Helen MacDonald wins Costa Prize

Helen Macdonald has won this year’s Costa Prize for her memoir H Is For Hawk.

Tue, 27 Jan, 2015

Skellig guides wanted Star Wars film shoot blocked

Senior staff in the Office of Public Works had serious misgivings about Skellig Michael being used to film scenes for the latest Star Wars movie, with one island guide querying whether there was a legal avenue to block the production.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2014

Monday's TV tips

Your spoiler-free guide to what's on the tellybox this bank holiday Monday evening.

Mon, 27 Oct, 2014

Ghostwriters can tell a tale or two about their subject matter

Being the invisible artist brings its challenges, discovers Richard Fitzpatrick.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014

Books Gift Guide Part II: Spuds, spies and sports

Books for grown-ups

Fri, 13 Dec, 2013

First Thoughts

This week's new releases

Sat, 12 Oct, 2013

Ince and Baptiste start despite exit rumours

Tom Ince and Alex Baptiste start for Blackpool in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at Fulham, despite speculation both are on the brink of quitting the club.

Sat, 05 Jan, 2013

FA Cup fourth round team news

TODAY

Sat, 28 Jan, 2012

Fear and loathing behind the money trail as hubris takes the front seat

The Fear Index

Sat, 12 Nov, 2011

First Thoughts

The Lady Of The Rivers

Sat, 08 Oct, 2011

‘Definitive account of 9/11’ to have Irish launch

A BOOK described as “the most complete and definitive account of 9/11” will have its Irish launch tonight in Dungarvan.

Fri, 16 Sep, 2011

Making history: academics ask ‘what if world events had ended differently?’

Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, edited by Niall Ferguson. Penguin Books, £12.99.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2011

‘The Ghost Writer’ let down by clunky plot

Former British Prime Minister, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), takes on Ewan McGregor’s character to pen his memoirs after the previous ghostwriter dies in mysterious circumstances.

Fri, 17 Sep, 2010

Hilary Mantel wins inaugural Walter Scott prize

Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel has won the inaugural £25,000 (€30,000) Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.

Sat, 19 Jun, 2010

Berlin Film Festival names Polanski as best director

THE 60th Berlin Film Festival wrapped up yesterday after crowning Roman Polanski best director, although the filmmaker, who is under house arrest in Switzerland over a 1977 sex case, missed the premiere of his latest movie.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2010

Polanski works on film in jail

DIRECTOR Roman Polanski is finishing work on his latest film from a Swiss jail where he is fighting extradition to the US on a 1977 child sex charge, writer Robert Harris is quoted as saying.

Fri, 16 Oct, 2009

Polanski's defenders denounce arrest

An international row was brewing today over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence.

Mon, 28 Sep, 2009

Burglars 'could have been after Mandelson information'

Spy author Robert Harris believes a thief who stole a computer hard-drive from his house may have been looking for information about his friend Peter Mandelson.

Wed, 14 Mar, 2001

Mandelson resignation ‘driven by media deadline’

The bitter war of words between Downing Street and Peter Mandelson over his dramatic resignation flared into new life today amid claims that he was driven from government to meet a media deadline.

Mon, 29 Jan, 2001