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The Limerick man unknown in Ireland but revered by millions worldwide
Max Arthur Macauliffe is considered the most significant western figure in the history of Sikhism
Bird, bint, biddy, filly: Oxford dictionaries urged to ‘eliminate sexist definitions’
Thousands sign petition calling on publisher to delete entries that ‘discriminate against and patronise women’
French woman set to be rehabilitated as world’s oldest person
Jeanne Calment died in 1997, aged 122. New research has rejected claims she was a fraud
Illustrators who refuse to be left out of the picture
Fed up of her work going uncredited in children’s books, Sarah McIntyre decided to act
My Bergmanesque despair is being dialled up to 11
The Oxford English Dictionary’s newest entries include more than 100 film-related terms
Stolen WB Yeats letters rediscovered at Princeton University
‘I am desperately hard up and owe about £20,’ Yeats wrote in plea to publisher to be paid
Avoiding the ‘doom loop’: Why Ireland needed the IMF in 2009
Ashoka Mody oversaw the IMF’s relationship with Ireland in 2009, when politicians were ‘in denial’
The durable democrat
John Redmond’s Irish Parliamentary Party still casts a long shadow over the politics of modern Ireland
Homs locals aim to open new chapter in battered city’s history
Couple’s English-language bookshop part of efforts to preserve Syria’s built heritage
Digital economy: Low pay, long hours, no security
Idea of humans as a service doesn’t sit well with most people’s sensibilities
Austerity is not responsible for the recovery, experts claim
New book also argues that the troika was not behind State’s post-crash economic policy
Foster cannot move agenda forward without help of opponents
If Sinn Féin become largest party, First Minister’s DUP leadership is over
History of 50,000 Irish and British surnames published
Four-year study of records dating back to 11th century gets to root of family names
Christopher Marlowe credited as Shakespeare’s co-writer
Dramatists to appear jointly on title pages of three Henry VI plays after analysis by academics
Roald Dahl’s gobblefunk: inventing a whole new language
From whiffswiddle to frobscottle, the author invented almost 400 new words, not to mention a host of characters, places and foods. A new dictionary gathers them all together
Aftermath of Turkey coup attempt will be bloody and repressive
Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdogan, not the army
Christmas reads: From manager madness to goalkeeper on brink
GAA, soccer and rugby followers certainly have lots to choose from this Christmas
Behind the News: Fidelma Healy Eames, WB Yeats devotee
A big donation this week means that Thoor Ballylee, the 16th-century tower house once owned by the poet, will reopen this summer, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth
What happened when seven poets met to eat peacock in 1914?
WB Yeats and Ezra Pound were among guests gathered for memorable meal in West Sussex
What role does cliché play for writers and writing?
The word is encumbered with negative associations, but clichés can be useful to writers
Why bother to read the Classics today?
Ancient Greek and Latin texts provide ancient ideas still relevant in modern times
Deadline 2037: the making of the next Oxford English Dictionary
New chief editor Michael Proffitt is preparing the third edition of the venerable dictionary, expected in about 23 years’ time. How is the organisation coping with the information overload of the digital age?
Cork-born priest with international reputation in Biblical scholarship
Jerome Murphy-O’Connor: Apr 10th, 1935- Nov 11th, 2013
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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