we'll explore what metaphors are, why they work, their different types, and how you can use them to create more powerful and ...

In an era of climate uncertainty, Irish weather lore points to something we risk losing: the habit of paying attention to what nature is telling us, writes Karol Mullaney Dignam ...

Long before meteorology and climate science, Irish people looked to the natural world to forecast the weather and make sense ...

The fact is ‘betting’ in sport has been a dicey reality for a long time. The players seem to know it; as also the bookies. Whatever the implication, sweeping generalisations aren’t apt.

The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us. Soldiers don’t. Statesmen don’t. Priests don’t. Union ...

The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

Bob Dylan has written hundreds of songs over his decades-long career, but "Ballad in Plain D" is one he looks back on with regret.

Tackling this culminating challenge in the company of his beloved Beatrice, who inspired the poem, Dante must trasumanar, a ...

A professor at Boise State for the last 15 years, Moneyhun is now partially retired. He splits his time between Mahón, Spain ...

Jan. 6, 2026 Scientists are learning to engineer light in rich, multidimensional ways that dramatically increase how much information a single photon can carry. This leap could make quantum ...

Whatsapp Rashid Nazki emerges as a metaphysical poet who synthesised tradition, mysticism, and modernity, redefining Kasher ...