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Harold and the Purple Crayon: ‘I always question: why purple? But that became the colour and then I...
The Irish Times· 3 days agoCrockett Johnson’s 1955 children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, now a film from Columbia...
Win or lose, Irish Olympians showing it's a triumph to be on Paris stage
Irish Examiner· 4 days agoComments from Rhys McClenaghan and Aidan Walsh were instructive over the weekend.
Maurice Brosnan: We endure an All-Ireland final like this because of all that football can give
Irish Examiner· 4 days agoGaelic football is the venom and the antidote.
Banned, burned and reviled: what was so radical about Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoIt was updated on 28 July 2024 after Edna O’Brien’s agent announced that she died “peacefully” on...
Crealey v Conroy and the battles that decided All-Ireland final
Irish Examiner· 4 days agoAs much as man-to-man midfield battles are a thing of the past, Crealey and Conroy did spend plenty...
Edna O'Brien, Ireland's daring chronicler of women's lives, dies at 93
Reuters· 4 days agoEdna O'Brien, the author who wrote of her native Ireland in such febrile prose, steeped in sex, love and religious angst, that it sparked national outrage and led to her self-imposed exile, ...
Acclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien dies aged 93
RTÉ News· 4 days agoAcclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien has died at the age of 93. Ms O'Brien died yesterday in London after a long illness. President Michael D Higgins has...
Paris exhibition celebrates global spread of surrealism
The Guardian· 4 days agoOne hundred years ago, in a tiny studio flat in a bohemian district of Paris, a former medical student turned writer set out to define surrealism “for once and for all”. Far ...
The Most (and Least) Valuable NFL Franchises
GiveMeSport· 4 days agoWhile the goal of every NFL team is to win a Super Bowl, the owners have an ulterior motive. This organization has on-field success, celebrity...
Kit Harington defends controversial Black Out nights after Rishi Sunak furore
The Independent· 4 days ago“It’s never an easy watch – and its Black Out nights feel like an important gesture to Black...