Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore ‘His father was ever a man of few words,” begins Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th novel, a lengthy and ambitious ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s exquisite new novel, Land, is a haunting tale of loss, endurance and renewal. Spanning generations and continents, O’Farrell traces the fragile threads that connect people and place ...

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Eavan Boland’s poem That the Science of Cartography is Limited laments the inability of maps, though so masterful in “rendering the spherical as flat,” to capture on paper the rich history of a ...

Farrell to remain as Ireland’s head coach until 2031 Feyi-Waboso faces fitness race for England summer tour Andy Farrell has signed a new deal to remain as Ireland’s head coach until 2031, removing ...

Python’s lead narrows again, C holds the runner-up spot, C++ returns to third, and SQL climbs back above R in June’s top 10 rankings update. June’s TIOBE Index has the feel of a rematch month. The top ...

How many times have Madonna and Andy Farrell come up in the same conversation? Upon spitting out the cornflakes on Friday morning when reading the year attached to Andy Farrell’s contract extension ...

After such a long wait, the Bat Signal has finally gone up, and the cast is officially on its way back to Gotham. The Batman Part II has been one of the most anticipated projects in Hollywood for the ...

O’Farrell’s story of an Irish mapmaker is epic and devastating By Andrea Wulf Sometimes – rarely – there is a book that I want to read again immediately, the very moment I have reached its last page.

Farrell was Ireland's defence coach before taking over as head coach seven years ago Ireland men's head coach Andy Farrell has signed a contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union until ...

In his 1866 sonnet “Hap,” Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy offers a characteristically grim theory of the universe where everything is ruled by chance. Adrift in a cosmos devoid of fate, we ...