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America’s potential future vice president topped bestseller lists with his 2016 memoir, a tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty in Appalachia. Nick Hilton looks back on what the politician argued in the book, from his criticisms of welfare to his belief that the working classes ‘spend our way into the poorhouse’

Writer was best known for ‘Generation Kill’ in which he worked as an embedded reporter in the US marines during the invasion of Iraq

Shop in Dublin has removed ’The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ after a customer complaint

Movie divided critics and viewers with its portrayal of poverty

When a celebrity is convicted of a crime, it ignites a media circus. More often than not, the narrative is of a fallen star; someone with a great life who has thrown it all away and is now brought to book because of their own terrible behaviour. In the telling…

Oscar-winning singer chooses book by Oliver Jeffers that highlights importance of protecting nature

The fourth in this brilliant and painfully funny series finds our self-destructive millennial heroine nominated for an art award – and grappling with gen z sensibilities

Last year, I finally realised that my habit of seeing everything through to the end was just a colossal waste of time, says Callum Bains

In this erudite book with broad appeal, the renowned critic moves deftly from insightful analysis of pivotal artists and songs into the wider social history of the era that changed culture

The Dublin-based author’s fourth novel, set in a fictional border town during the 1994 ceasefire, feels as uncertain and jittery as the fragile peace

The former research manager of Stanford Internet Observatory talks about her new book exploring propaganda in the digital age – and how she came to be known as ‘CIA Renée’…