Oxford Mail on MSN2d
Multiple Oxfordshire independent bookshops up for esteemed award
A number of independent bookshops in Oxfordshire are finalists of an esteemed award. Mostly Books on Stert Street in Abingdon ...
Opinion
Digging Up History – Frank McNally on the McMahon, and other once-famous spades
“The Oul’ McMahons’ Spade”, a 1973 epic by Matt Duggan, also features in McKeagney’s book, although its last verse implies that the venerable implement had been made redundant by the entry of Ireland, ...
Arthur Blessitt, preacher who gained a Guinness world record for carrying a cross around the globe
Fixing a wheel to his cross, he visited Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Northern Ireland during the Troubles, and ...
The Irish Times28d
Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’
Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland ... that Michael’s books ever required from me was an ISBN number. He was the last of the great Northern Irish ...
Wetherspoons pulls key breakfast item from the menu due to shortage as fans rage ‘what’s happening to the world?’
WETHERSPOONS bosses have been hit with a free-range eggs shortage on their popular breakfasts. But diners will get a hash ...
The New Yorker17d
The Poet Shane McCrae Goes Back to Hell
McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...
Relief as DAERA u-turn on funding means fishing classic events can go ahead
“It is of a huge relief that this festival will have the support it needs. These fishing festivals bring a huge boost to our ...
Where is Miss Austen filmed? Inside the locations you can visit
Miss Austen was largely filmed in Sussex and Hampshire. Where exactly is Miss Austen filmed? And which real-life locations can you visit?
The shocking true story behind new Channel 5 series The Vanishings
In real life, the fates of Annie McCarrick, Eva Brennan, Imelda Keenan, Josephine Dullard, Fiona Pender, Ciara Breen, Fiona Sinnott and Deirdre Jacob remain unresolved. The shocking case has led to ...
‘Objectively nonsense’: Sovereign citizen ‘pseudo-law’ arguments clogging up Australia’s courts
Just before Christmas, a court in Western Australia heard what should have been an otherwise run-of-the-mill mortgage repossession case.
70 Huge Facts About the ‘Titanic’
The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...
Greek Reporter6d
Strabo: The Ancient Greek Geographer Who Mapped the World
Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...