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Visiting Normandy: a crossroads of history, from the Bayeaux Tapestry to D-Day
French was my favourite subject at school. Each September we’d get a new edition of a French book called Hexagon and I’d take ...
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My boyfriend’s parents are generally kind, loving people – but they keep spouting bigoted opinions
I love my boyfriend, we’re planning our life together, and I need help dealing with an issue with his parents. They are ...
Seán Moncrieff: The woman in the car rental office was a black hole of emotion, sucking up feelings but giving nothing in return:
For instance: when we were on holidays, we rented a car. We have done this before without incident. But when you rent, you do ...
Crime fiction: Graeme McCrae Burnet, Paula Hawkins, Kate Summerscale, Ian Rankin and the debut of the year from IS Berry
Twice Booker Prize longlisted McCrae Burnet’s wickedly funny French-set novel owes as much to Albert Camus as to Georges ...
‘I want to be alone’: Greta Garbo, sure. Daniel Day-Lewis, maybe not so much after all
The unconvincing retirement has history as a promotional tool in show business. Nobody believes that’s what’s going on with ...
‘We used to be invisible as Irish speakers in Belfast but there’s a new confidence now to shout it from the rooftops’
Children’s writer Máire Zepf talks about her books and TV work, and how Kneecap bringing ‘beautiful, real Belfast Irish’ to ...
‘The church no longer has the same grip on moral values and lives but is still very much in our bodies and our mindsets’
Patrick J O’Reilly on the power of Yerma, Lorca’s haunting rural tragedy, which he has relocated to Cooley for Tinderbox’s new production ...
Four new films to see this week
Folie à Deux falls flat, despite Phoenix and Gaga. Plus singular dark comedy A Different Man, West Bank-set drama The Teacher ...
Heart of Philip Glass: A musical through line from Blondie and Talking Heads to maverick minimalism
Michael Riesman, music director of the Philip Glass Ensemble, on the works by the composer that they’re bringing to Ireland ...
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
The pick of the new shows on TV, from John Creedon’s latest musical roadtrip around Ireland, to a look at the life and times of Michael Smurfit to Cate Blanchett thriller Disclaimer ...