Arts & Culture
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Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies at 87
Never too pushy, never going directly for the jugular, King — with his trademark suspenders, horn-rimmed glasses and rolled-up sleeves…
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Beverley Farmer and the solitude of the writing life
In February 1987, when she wrote these words, Beverley Farmer was the author of two collections of short fiction and…
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Poirot at 100: the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart
That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles,…
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To publish or not to publish?
Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of…
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Who is Amanda Gorman, the young poet who stole the show at Joe Biden’s inauguration?
Amanda Gorman has become the youngest ever poet to recite at a presidential inauguration in the United States, after delivering…
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Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist
Whether you’re a runner, a rower or a bodybuilder, there’s a good chance you have a favourite selection of tunes…
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The Erasmus Perfidy
With all the deception, delusions and lies that the post-2016 Brexit era has normalized it should not really have come…
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Film review: in My Salinger Year, hope and optimism win out
Rakoff’s sole responsibility was to read the constant stream of fan mail sent to its most famous client, JD Salinger,…
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I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like – this is what I learned
For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.…
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You’re using the term Orwellian wrong.
Chances are, you’ve seen George Orwell’s name thrown around a lot in the past week on social media, either by…
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Racists tried to ban this book. How ironic that Ireland might now shun it
To Kill a Mockingbird is part of many Irish childhoods. Should it supply moral instruction? Niamh Mulvey The Irish Times…
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The irresistible rise of John F. Kennedy, the great campaigner
Its sluggish currents hide the rusted hulks of 50 Japanese and American warships sunk during night battles while savage fighting…
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‘No migrants here!’: the Galway families transplanted to Meath’s Gaeltacht colony
Twenty-four families boarded two buses in Clonbur, Co Galway on March 29th, 1940, to make new homes as part of…
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These extreme buildings are hanging on at the ends of the Earth
Around the world, scientists and researchers are tackling some of the planet’s biggest problems – such as climate change, environmental…
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How a lost manuscript revealed the first poets of Italian literature
That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Maria Clotilde Camboni…
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Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories
In 1971, Cloggs Cave was rediscovered near the town of Buchan in East Gippsland, Victoria. Authors The Conversation By the…
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