On the morning of May 6, 1882 a steamer slid into Kingstown harbour in Co Dublin. On board was the schoolgirl Elizabeth Plunkett, returning home after seven years in France. She spotted two
20 gripping books: Fiction and non-fiction to read this summer We round up the best books so you will not be stuck for a great read as days get longer
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From the work of established masters to impressive sophomore outings and blistering debuts, there’s an embarrassment of reading riches on offer this summer. These 20 brilliant works of fiction and non-fiction are not to be missed.
Animal
Bloomsbury Circus, £16.99 Taddeo’s first book, Three Women, drew on 10 years of reporting to bring an up-close and personal account of the sex lives of three real women. It was a powerful book that received a powerful response from readers, who warmed to its open and brave subject matter. Now back with her debut novel, Animal, Taddeo covers similarly coal-hot territory. In the opening passage, our narrator, Joan tells us her married lover shot himself in front of her while she was in a restaurant having dinner with another married man. From there, it follows Joan’s
Paul Hosford: Rushed legislation amid paltry scrutiny could leave us all at sea
The Convention Centre, Dublin, host of reduced sittings of the Dail. Allowing a handful of TDs into a 2,000 seater auditorium in the name of viral safety when the top deck of the room, reserved for the media, may as well be in Carlow for its closeness to the action, is ludicrous, says Paul Hosford. Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie
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Paul Hosford, Political Correspondent
If you are working from home during this pandemic, there will be something of a tacit acknowledgement that you are working below your regular level of productivity.
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1851: The Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was Britain’s glittering shop window and showcase for the world’s attention and admiration. The first and greatest industrial power, the greatest imperial power, and the greatest naval power was, in effect, showing off its extraordinary achievements and at the same time advertising its manufacturing and industrial wares.
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Although William Morris and others were to react negatively to the mass production of everyday utensils, furniture and textiles as depressingly lacking in beauty and originality, the tide could not be turned.
Within the Crystal Palace some 100,000 objects were displayed – taking up ten miles of space – the work of 15,000 contributors. Over half the display came from Britain and its empire, but other nations were invited to participate. In fact, the event was tactfully entitled “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations”.