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With full live performance still on hold, our writers recall concerts that will stay with them forever

  In Saturday’s books pages, Keith Ridgway talks to John Self about A Shock, his first book in a long time; Anne MacManus talks to Una Mullally about her debut novel, Mother Mother; and David O’Doherty talks to Patrick Freyne about his new children’s book. Reviews are Una Mullally on Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor; Niamh Donnelly on Trouble by Philip Ó Ceallaigh; Catherine Taylor on the best new fiction in translation; Kevin Gildea on The Stranger Times by CK McDonnell; Claire Connolly on The Routledge International Handbook of Irish Studies, edited by Renée Fox...

Serial pleasures: The TV series that got us through lockdown May 8, 2021 7 min read What was the series that you binged during lockdown? From zombies to racing cars to robots battling monsters; our writers reveal their pandemic bingeing   KINGDOM Kingdom was my household’s escape from Covid for a while last year. The visually stunning Korean zombie series from writer Kim Eun-hee and director Kim Seong-hun tells the story of an infectious outbreak during the Joseon Dynasty. Unlike the Covid pandemic, this is one in which frustrations with a virus can be relieved by stabbing someone throug...

Could we care less about people who care? At some point we all need care. Why is it so undervalued? about 3 hours ago   We all start life needing care. If we live long enough, many of us end up needing care and at some point in the middle we will likely be responsible for the care of others. Care and caring should be at the centre of how we think about our culture, but it’s frequently treated as an afterthought or an aberration. We are strangely in denial about how much caring work is required to make our society function.

Cúirt Festival focuses on reading boost during pandemic Updated / Saturday, 24 Apr 2021 07:25 Western Correspondent The Cúirt International Festival of Literature is under way in Galway, with a focus on how the pandemic has impacted creativity and boosted reading during the last year. For the second year in a row, all events are being held online, but organisers say this year's programme has been born of the opportunity brought about by public health restrictions and lockdowns. Festival Director Sasha de Buyl explained that, before the pandemic, Cúirt was keen to try out an online aspect,...