He would like them to know, too, that William Trevor is Ireland’s own Chekhov. Olwell also admires John Banville, Colm Tóibín ...

This seems like a contradiction in terms. How can it be all three things? It feels equivalent to a John Banville novel being ...

Is Nabokov’s novel morally offensive? Patently, it is not. We live in a universe of treacherous choices, of corruption and ...

Award-winning Swedish journalist Tuva Moodyson sees a news alert that a deaf teenager has gone missing in a remote little ...

That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he’s been invited to browse anytime as part of a month-long literary ...

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On the plus side, there was all this dark Catholic repression, which brings such a seductive noir atmosphere to Banville’s mesmerising writing. He creates a whole world into which the reader can enter ...

The poet and artist Christy Brown is today largely remembered as a posthumous muse to Daniel Day-Lewis, who won an Oscar in ...

The Booker Prize winner talks about Old Masters' pictures that 'look at you' and AI in art as he takes writing inspiration from the Prado It is the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their ...

A lover of Johnny Cash, Ireland and avocados, Dunham volunteered at the Berkeley library and supporting numerous charities.

For Irish novelist John Banville, the captivating eyes in the paintings at Spain's Prado Museum offer an intense connection ...

Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest ...