Culture
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Tradition betrayed by poor governance By Michael Smith Founded in 1823 in Dublin, the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) was born from the ambition of 30 Irish artists who petitioned the Crown for a charter of incorporation. Early leaders were landscape painter William Ashford and architect Francis Johnston. By the end of the 19th […]
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British military justice backfired in the case of Irish ‘Tommies’ By Brian Flanagan School history teaches that World War I’s causes were complex: Nationalism, Militarism, Imperial ambition and decline. Sometimes the slogans were simpler: ‘the shot heard around the world’, ‘over by Christmas’, and ‘the war to end war’. New research into the Irish experience […]
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Eavan Boland’s ousts George Berkeley’s name from TCD’s main Library but others too need to move on
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Lucy McCabe reviews Deirdre Mulrooney’s ‘Full Capacity’: correcting the narrative of what led gifted Lucia Joyce into, and then out of, modern dance
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The state of theatre in Dublin: nobody’s talking about quality; and many want funding diverted away from the capital
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Tony Lowes reviews ‘War’ by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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The toxic sexes in Rooney, Boyne and Keegan: responsible and caring is best for man and woman