Heroic Age – 20th-century survivor Frank McNally on the 21st century’s greatly improved life expectancy
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Poles Apart – Frank McNally on new and old Stella Cinemas and Shackleton’s last voyage
An Irishman’s Diary
On the Rocks – Frank McNally on shipwrecks, old salts, and a rainy night in Sydney
An Irishman’s Diary
Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance set to gild explorer’s reputation
Wooden vessel not seen since being crushed by sea ice and sinking in Weddell Sea in 1915
Expedition bids to locate lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton
Endurance sank during Kildare native’s quest to Antarctica in 1915
New marine research vessel to be named after Antarctic explorer Tom Crean
Multi-purpose €25 million vessel due for delivery in 2022 and will be based in Galway
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020
Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupied
Four traits you need to ride out the pandemic, Shackleton style
In order of importance: optimism, then patience, next idealism and lastly courage
Damian Browne: To the ends of the Earth in search of the ‘savage warrior spirit’
The former Connacht and Leinster player has had to cancel at attempt at Everest
Photographs from Shackleton’s Endurance voyage in London sale
What sold in the sales rooms, and upcoming auctions and fairs
Irish explorer who discovered Antarctica honoured in home village
Defence Forces chief relates how Edward Bransfield press-ganged into navy in 1803
Going, going, gone: the top art and furniture sales of 2019
From Chinese ‘sleepers’ to a record Yeats, it has been a busy year in Irish auction rooms
Shackleton sled and the fastest car in the world in February sales
Polar expedition memorabilia and an Irish tycoon’s car under the hammer
Cambridge: Whether town or gown, it passes with distinction
The English town is as much a tourist hub as a centre of learning, and has lots to do
The dangerous, dirty world of Louis the Adventurer
The great white, swirling wonder of the toilet bowl is to my baby what the South Pole was to Ernest Shackleton
No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this
From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
‘Sounding like a missionary on climate change does not work’
Explorer Arved Fuchs tries to engage people emotionally with what he has seen
Brother in Ice by Alicia Kopf review: Polar expedition journeys to centre of the self
Debut by Catalan multimedia artist is brisk philosophical narrative with sharp set pieces
Ten reasons to visit Edinburgh
The Scottish capital is known for its castle and festivals but the quieter corners are alive year round
Return of Druid’s Godot is a theatre highlight worth waiting for
Druid’s unmissable Waiting for Godot embarks on national and international tour, while Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton is back in Blue Raincoat’s intrepid production
Spread of psychometric evaluation tests corporate common sense
Shackleton among those who showed there are valid alternative ways to recruit
Feeling the winter chill? Raise a toast to Ireland’s polar explorers
Shackleton, Crean, Crozier, Hart: Irish names are all over the North and South poles
Life in remote Antarctica, with no phone for months on end
For Irishman Jeff Dunne, knowing so few people have seen what he sees is worth the challenges
Tom Crean to feature on Norwegian Air tailfins
Explorer to be a ‘tailfin hero’ on transatlantic aircraft from Ireland
What’s your county’s claim to fame?
A cure for leprosy? The Connemarathon? The home of Botox, or Viagra? Birthplace of the MGM lion? Whatever its claim to fame, know your county’s bragging rights
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
Five things you might have missed while the US election count was on
Schools to reopen, Garda vote of no confidence and ‘balls of fat’ appear on Mayo beach
Dún Laoghaire’s former ferry terminal available to rent
Move to lease space comes after go-ahead for cruise ship berth
Mayo won’t lack the motivation to bounce back again
‘This team is hardened enough and steely enough, and the appetite will be there’
The Beijing Irish: ‘Every day you see something crazy’
The 500 Irish people who live in the Chinese city form a close-knit circle of expats. We start a series on Asia’s Irish communities by meeting some of them
Statue of Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton unveiled in Athy
Tribute in home county comes on centenary of famous Antarctic rescue
Timothy McCarthy Polar Medal sold for £65,000 at auction
Shackleton museum in Kildare fails to match bid for award to Irish Antarctic adventurer
Kildare museum to bid for medal awarded for Antarctic rescue
Tim McCarthy survived Shackleton journey but died off southwest coast in first World War
Sex and the secretive masons
An Irishwoman was the first female to break the glass ceiling of the ultimate old boys’ club. The tradition lives on in the one freemasonry order open to women as well as men
The Voyage of the Dolphin by Kevin Smith review: iguanas, an Arctic voyage and 1916
A seafaring jaunt buoyed with plenty of humour has an unusual take on history
Drama of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic rescue ‘pure Spielberg’, ambassador says
100 years on from voyage, Dominick Chilcott says Irish adventurer still has ‘resonance’
Henry Worsley’s journey comes to a sad end
Death of an explorer: ‘No one conquers the Antarctic – it’s always in charge’
Tributes paid as Antarctic explorer Henry Worsley dies
Former army officer was 30km from becoming first adventurer to cross region unsupported
Explorer dies on brink of achieving Antarctic endurance record
‘A gradual grinding down of my physical endurance finally took its toll’
Devilled whitebait and mock turtle soup on menu for mock Shackleton centenary meal
Recreation of last Christmas dinner on board ‘Endurance’ takes place in Dún Laoghaire
Auctions & Fairs
Auction record for book as Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Aurora Australis’ sells for £122,500
Cabin in which Ernest Shackleton died donated to Ireland
Gift from Norwegian owner to be displayed at Athy Heritage Centre-Museum with artefacts
Auction of books by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
Sotheby’s in London is selling rare books on polar exploration by Shackelton and Scott
Ask Joan: Shackleton’s Antarctica, Florence for a wedding, Cannes or Istanbul for a special event
Your travel dilemmas solved
Select: the literary festivals to fill your belly and your brain
There’s a literary feast awaiting the country in the coming week, with three festivals taking place. We’ve rounded up some places to fill your belly while you fill your brain
Response to failure the key to success
Innovation is often associated with creativity, but that is only a small part of it
Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer review: the great explorer, warts and all
Michael Smith’s book is a rich volume that sorts ‘the Shackleton myth from reality’
Ireland should reclaim Ernest Shackleton as an ‘Irish hero’
Writer says absence of Shackleton memorial in country of his birth is ‘extraordinary’
Taking Shackleton’s exemplary leadership skills safely on board
The adventurer led his crew through extremes. A workshop analyses his management style
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