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The diplomat's daughter
Sunday November 29 2009
When the prestigious London auctioneers Christie's sell a collection of haute-couture gowns as part of its Fashion Through The Ages sale next month it will bring down the final curtain on the life-long drama of "Little Annie" Bullitt, the American heiress and the last chatelaine of Palmerstown House.
Lenin's death 'caused by syphilis'
Friday October 23 2009
VLADIMIR Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and architect of the Soviet Union, died of syphilis that he caught from a Parisian prostitute, according to a new book on his life.
In Brief: Restaurant bill paid 13 years on
Thursday August 13 2009
A restaurateur has spoken of his amusement at finally receiving the money for a £10 curry a customer forgot to pay for 13 years ago.
Barfly: The Idle Hour
Friday July 24 2009
Traditionally a no-go zone for the drinking public, Cork's docklands have lately become a semi- fashionable stopping-off point for adventurous party goers.
Higgins bored us at home and he'll bore us abroad too
Eoghan Harris Sunday June 21 2009
Finally file my copy, and sit down with a cup of coffee and the review sections of the Saturday papers. Start with John Spain's book pages and John Boland's television review in the Irish Independent. Then turn to the property pages of the Irish Examiner, to feed my nostalgia for the names of my native place.
A masterpiece despite flaws
Sunday June 07 2009
TOM Murphy's new play for the Abbey, The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant, may be flawed; but it is still a masterpiece from a master writer at the top of his form.
Russia warns rivals against military risks
Sunday May 10 2009
President Dmitry Medvedev warned yesterday that Russia would "decisively rebuff" aggression, as troops who defeated Georgia in a war last year took part in the annual Victory Day parade.
Blasphemy law only panders to the deranged instincts of an intolerant immigrant minority
Kevin Myers Thursday May 07 2009
How very thoughtful of Dermot Ahern to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie for blasphemy by introducing our very own blasphemy laws.
The poets inspired by war to find the best battle lines
Sunday March 08 2009
When I was young, I once referred to the Irish poet Charles Donnelly -- who died in the Spanish Civil War -- as a communist poet. I reserved a terse corrective note from Ewart Milne -- another Irish poet who fought in that war -- pointing out that Donnelly was not a communist poet, but first and foremost simply a poet who also happened to be a communist.
Russian protests threaten Putin's empire
Sunday February 01 2009
Vladimir Putin faces signs of a mutiny within his government that threatens to undermine his once unassailable authority in Russia.
Movies on the march
Wednesday January 07 2009
Who wants to go and see a movie about a war that finished more than 60 years ago? Judging by recent box-office results, Second World War films are back in vogue in a way that has left some analysts scratching their heads.
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