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Emer O’Kelly on theatre: Irish National Opera’s delightful Die Fledermaus has glitz, glamour and hearts of darkness
When nine musicians constitute the orchestra for an opera production originally planned for a full orchestral component, and ...
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Children’s curiosity will be sparked by sword-swinging history that seeks the ‘terrible truth’ about Dublin
Being asked to review a Horrible Histories book has opened the floodgates of nostalgia. Childhood memories have come flooding ...
The Lawyer Priest From Ireland Who Counsels New York’s Immigrants
Msgr. James Kelly has been helping people obtain citizenship since he moved to Brooklyn in 1960. His job has never felt more ...
Opinion
Anti-social climber – Frank McNally on the pioneering cat burglar Robert Augustus Delaney
By the time he was jailed again, in 1927, a judge at the Derby Assizes was upgrading him to be “the original cat burglar”. Which may not have been strictly true, since the Oxford Dictionary says the ...
Viral ring girl Sydney Thomas stuns in elegant gown at Grammys after shooting to fame during Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
SYDNEY THOMAS was labelled “unproportionately hot” as awestruck fans tested the dictionary with Scrabble-friendly ...
The lunatic lexicographer: How a patient at a mental asylum shaped the Oxford English Dictionary
Dr William Minor was one of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. Unknown to many, he was also ...