Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok: The record of a craftsman trying to understand their art in real time
Indeterminate inflorescence is the term for a flower spike which blooms from the base up, meaning that as the stem grows, the ...
Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia by Charles Hecker – Making money in the Wild East
As communism turned to right-wing authoritarianism, Moscow became an immense version of Dodge City or Tombstone ...
Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death
Taoiseach Éamon de Valera ’s visit to the German legation on the death of Adolf Hitler caused shock and bewilderment in Irish ...
Monasticism in Ireland: AD 900-1250 by Edel Bhreathnach – A valuable contribution to the history of the Irish church
A scholarly work that seeks to deepen our understanding of Irish monasticism and its influence on church traditions ...
Last lord of Malahide Castle at centre of strange tale that reflects an era when being gay was unacceptable
Undercover: Two Secret Lives by Tony Scotland recounts the author’s involvement with Milo, Lord Talbot de Malahide ...
NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed
Eamonn McKee complained the report’s ‘studied neutrality’ was not intended to reflect Catholic attitudes accurately ...
British under fire over claim Henry VIII cannons smuggled from Irish waters into Tower of London
The guns, which sank with the HMS Post in 1566 near Tramore, were allegedly put on display in London with no reference to ...
The Guide: New Year’s Festival Dublin, Kojaque, Katie Boyle and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
After last year’s acclaimed Phantom of the Afters album, Kojaque (aka Kevin Smith) has kept busy by doing what he does best: ...
From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in ...
Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told
The former chief justice of Northern Ireland, Mr Justice Robert Lowry, who presided over scores of non-jury trials of ...
Tony Blair thought NI nationalists would support England in World Cup if Ireland were out, files reveal
Tony Blair once suggested that nationalists in Northern Ireland may support England in the World Cup after Ireland was ...
JFK’s four days in Ireland among happiest of his life, his father told De Valera
The father of president John F Kennedy wrote to president Éamon de Valera telling him that his son’s four days in Ireland ...