Rachel Connolly

When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious — but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames do. It doesn't have to be so deadly.

“Let us remember that Edna O’Brien was a genius, and that her work was bold and important and all of that,” writes the Belfast-born author Rachel Connolly of the late legendary writer. “But also that she was very, very funny.”

Smoke from fires is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year, and is a growing health threat as widespread blazes becomes more common.

I felt even more angry than usual because we are in the midst of a backlash against women’s internal lives

Eco-radicals, an hidden guru and an alluring spy with impressive breasts – Kushner’s fourth novel, Creation Lake, is a total thrill

We can now endlessly outsource our small tasks, from shopping to DIY. But I really would rather do them myself, says journalist Rachel Connolly

It has become quite common for people around my age, in their mid to late 20s and early 30s, to cultivate these impossibly bulging calendars. It's not for me

Breathing wildfire smoke can cut years off people’s lives. As fires become more frequent in a warming world, smoke is leading to a public health crisis, harming people far from the flames.

There are endless books and apps and influencers whose entire purpose is to tell you how to live. The phrase 'the blind leading the blind' comes to mind

The adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book isn’t flawless – but it doesn’t airbrush the complex, messy story of the Troubles, says writer Rachel Connolly