No laughing matter: Repairs to Marlay Park’s ‘ha-ha’ wall set to cost €660,000 – The Irish Times
Work to restore Marlay Park’s so-called ha-ha wall is set to cost Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council €660,000…
Reading has become a hobby for which you need equipment, like scuba diving – The Irish Times
People are (and should be) weird about how they treat their books. All approaches are valid. I spent…
No ‘Tolkien’s Epic Pooh’: Top books list is rage bait but it’s of the highest quality – The Irish Times
Over the past week it has seemed impossible to move for fatheads pontificating about The Guardian’s “100 best…
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in show first as contestant keeps biggest secret yet
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has already made six contestants millionaires but it looks like more are…
Prince Harry named ‘first in line to the throne’ as people take Spare to toilet
The Duke of Sussex’s memoir has topped a chart of the UK’s favourite toilet readsNeil Shaw Assistant Editor…
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‘Badly done, Emma!’ Jane Austen needed only a picnic to torment her readers – The Irish Times
Jane Austen, who was born 250 years ago on Tuesday, on December 16th, 1775, wrote satire, comedy of…
Would the fighting spirit that defeated the Nazis be possible now? You’d have to worry – The Irish Times
Every year Herself and a friend embark on what she deprecatingly calls an old lady holiday, though it’s…
What to Read During Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Year
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. While the precise day is December 16, the…
Jane Austen Collectors Set: Buy Online
The Folio Society is marking Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a collector’s edition fit for a literary icon.…
These 10 Classic Novels are Worth Revisiting
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953) Baldwin had so many identities — essayist (Notes…
These 10 Classic Novels are Worth Revisiting
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953) Baldwin had so many identities — essayist (Notes…