The Routledge History of Irish America: A vast and comprehensive study of all aspects of the Irish-American experience
Vigorous and critically minded history proves that the shifting and sometimes contradictory ‘social construct’ of Irish ...
These might look like storybook mushrooms. But there’ll be no happily-ever-after if you eat them
They are real all right. They are called the fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria. It would be very dangerous indeed to eat ...
Long days and busy nights for those in hot pursuit of the American Dream
It was a punishing schedule, yes, but she was filled with optimism about the future. And she drove like Ayrton Senna’ ...
Children’s author Sibéal Pounder: ‘I was bullied at school. It made me analyse people in a forensic way’
Sibéal Pounder, author of children’s book Sprouts, on writing for ‘the most important people in the world’, her admiration ...
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The Guide: Pillow Queens, Tradition Now, Winterval and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
Thursday, November 21st, Crescent, Drogheda, Co Louth, 7.30pm, €30, universe.com; Friday, November 22nd, Bank Lane, Waterford ...
David Marcus, The Irish Times and a golden age of literary journalism
Even at a time of much cross-fertilisation between the literary and journalistic worlds, it was a brave and radical idea to ...
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Caught in a landslide, gored to death, expelled from Japan: the fates of plant-hunters who pursued rare specimens
Thomas Pakenham, the nonagenarian author, historian, tree-lover, plant-hunter, founder of the Irish Tree Society and ...
The story behind the object: upcoming sales of antique furniture, art and historic prints
Upcoming sales have plenty to interest lovers of clocks, historical prints, china and chandeliers. Or how about a collection ...
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Booker winner Samantha Harvey: ‘My grandad bought land in Donegal. He was afraid of nuclear war, and thought Ireland would be exempt’
Samantha Harvey is tired. This is not necessarily unusual: she is a champion insomniac who wrote about her experience of ...
Ireland’s new dating scene: Finding love the old-fashioned way
The quest for love has become an exercise in frustration, but sometimes modern problems need some old-fashioned solutions ...
What is the best choice of hedging for my garden?
Can you advise me as to what would be the best choice of hedging for my country garden? The soil is a heavy, damp clay while ...
Wise Women by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne: Elder female archetypes liberated from ancient European stories
Angharad Wynne, Wise Women’s Welsh storyteller co-author, brings an oral style to the book. These stories, originating from ...