At home in New York, the Irish author of Acts of Desperation and Ordinary Human Failings ponders various things, such as otters, jokes and cheese

Meet the comedian who critiques the celebrity homes that are so tasteful they make you feel sick

Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity

The very public breakdown in relations between Brooklyn and his parents is a saga for the celebrity-obsessed age we live in, uniting us all with a much-needed distraction

‘Attention activists’ are fighting back against the pervasive influence of technology

Elizabeth McCracken and Lydia Davis offer their smart and pithy takes on demystifying the creative process

How a chummy fashion podcaster became a trusted menswear guru

New York’s mayor-elect charmed the city’s youth by offering what his more established rivals could not: hope

In rigorous, curious essays, two novelists examine the way we live now

The late-night host’s reinstatement by Disney should not distract from the chilling political pressure that prompted his suspension in the first place

The late poet and novelist John Burnside was the son of a serial fantasist. His haunting memoir A Lie About My Father captures a legacy of abandonment and addiction

Fran Lebowitz, the voice and chronicler of her city, on why it is an island of sanity in an unhinged nation