From hot air balloons to museums and churches, drinking beer and eating local food, here are the best things to do in ...

In “Little Monk Writes Rain,” “Yulu’s Linen” and “Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise,” spirited children meet Eastern visual traditions that have a life of their own.

I’m very indiscreet in interviews,” John Banville says. We’ve spent a lively afternoon in his house in the Dublin suburb of Howth. The wine has been flowing, and he doesn’t mind me lighting a ...

I’m very indiscreet in interviews,” John Banville says. We’ve spent a lively afternoon in his house in Howth, north Dublin. The wine has been flowing and he doesn’t mind me lighting a cigarette. “I ...