<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-culture/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:56:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie in Dublin: ‘What happens when language does not work any more?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/21/salman-rushdie-in-dublin-what-happens-when-language-does-not-work-any-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/21/salman-rushdie-in-dublin-what-happens-when-language-does-not-work-any-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Award-winning novelist warns that people across the world ‘in danger’ of being unable to communicate]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:49:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WDBDGD22R5DPLKEGIAP34J3C64.JPG?auth=e1e6b6fbc59d6063444bc5f29af71cd42496093b1a70ad9c6bebc2e73353fa44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Salman Rushdie (left) with Prof Merve Emre at the Dalkey Book Festival in Dublin on Sunday. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Salman Rushdie at  Dalkey Book Festival,]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metallica’s Kirk Hammett in Dublin: ‘Right now, songwriting and pop music is crap’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/21/metallicas-kirk-hammett-in-dublin-right-now-songwriting-and-pop-music-is-crap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/21/metallicas-kirk-hammett-in-dublin-right-now-songwriting-and-pop-music-is-crap/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Guitarist spoke at public interview with Irish Times journalist about music, his Irish ancestry and beloved guitar, Greeny]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:03:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4J27MJP6TFE2PBGVQ2BQBAZJPY.JPG?auth=f30648320dfc2e0440134b317f8d48ed751cd3addb1861cd0a44b0a0f9008e10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett on stage while speaking to Irish Times journalist Ronan McGreevy in the Acadamy, Dublin, on Saturday. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News  Kirk Hammett of Metallica]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/21/tv-guide-the-best-new-shows-to-watch-starting-tonight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/21/tv-guide-the-best-new-shows-to-watch-starting-tonight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Courtney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 21st-26th highlights: including House of the Dragon, Madonna & Graham, and The Bear series five]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5XAXMU7WONHCVKXSCCQXSQKXTA.jpg?auth=b483c20ad6d636df6d074469fd44a6f60027503e71b6d21bef2a3281407b4817&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[House of the Dragon]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TV]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">HBO</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Clarke: Irish people still go to the cinema in droves. Is the housing crisis responsible?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/06/21/irish-people-are-flocking-back-to-the-cinema-whats-going-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/06/21/irish-people-are-flocking-back-to-the-cinema-whats-going-on/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cinema sales have jumped by 53%, perhaps because young people stuck at home with their parents need to get out of the house]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Culture</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MN2VSM5JZ5FFPK3OXOVCIQBNRE.jpg?auth=eae5a02e4d870dd909a541d847917cae04948d0fc59058c7afba7dcca937bbd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Ireland there appears to be no slowdown in moviegoing. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Happy family buying movie tickets in cinema.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">skynesher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My sister was, like, you don’t have to fit in – you’re weird, and it’s okay that you’re weird’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/21/my-sister-was-like-you-dont-have-to-fit-in-youre-weird-and-its-okay-that-youre-weird/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/21/my-sister-was-like-you-dont-have-to-fit-in-youre-weird-and-its-okay-that-youre-weird/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Watson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The triple Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant makes music that’s restlessly experimental and entirely her own]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWG2QKWW3VHM7OVS5YFPH6RLHI.jpg?auth=0e7e5a6aa5cd5a19253b5665d9a36aeba9c2a96216a449fe062c589eba78d0ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cécile McLorin Salvant]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Cécile McLorin Salvant]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Of course I’m bloody anxious, having grown up in a place that told me I wasn’t good enough’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/21/of-course-im-bloody-anxious-having-grown-up-in-a-place-that-told-me-i-wasnt-good-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/21/of-course-im-bloody-anxious-having-grown-up-in-a-place-that-told-me-i-wasnt-good-enough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The South African-born author on her murderous new book The Lover, moving to the west of Ireland, and the advice that has stuck with her for decades]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ZJFTPI25ZHGJFYELUJIJ6P4CU.jpg?auth=5ee0c0a62ef9440aa2e2b2846c03624156a13e74569e90088b1788b7661eb23b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary Watson. Photograph: Nazreen Essack]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mary Watson by Nazreen Essack]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four new films to see this week: Toy Story 5, Nino, Familiar Touch and Lesbian Space Princess]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/21/four-new-films-to-see-this-week-toy-story-5-nino-familiar-touch-and-lesbian-space-princess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/21/four-new-films-to-see-this-week-toy-story-5-nino-familiar-touch-and-lesbian-space-princess/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke, Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Théodore Pellerin and Kathleen Chalfant feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 19th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:51:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Lucy Grealy created one of the most powerful patient narratives ever written]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/21/how-lucy-grealy-created-one-of-the-most-powerful-patient-narratives-ever-written/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/21/how-lucy-grealy-created-one-of-the-most-powerful-patient-narratives-ever-written/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Autobiography of a Face details with visceral accuracy one woman’s experience of living with rare bone cancer]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:37:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RVCOFY6SFZGSTNQUC47Q4J4UMI.jpg?auth=47237802f6f5c5a25eb58deff2f2f5f8939858e12b755521dbd60337b80b540b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lucy Grealy in 1995: 'I was my face, I was ugliness.' Photograph: Marion Ettlinger]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lucy Grealy]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metallica at the Aviva review: no encore, no One, no Enter Sandman. Not tonight ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/20/metallica-at-the-aviva-review-rocks-great-survivors-skip-half-the-hits-on-night-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/20/metallica-at-the-aviva-review-rocks-great-survivors-skip-half-the-hits-on-night-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nothing Else Matters but no Enter Sandman as rock’s great survivors tell crowd: ‘See you Sunday’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:41:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WIJ5L2CKPNDR5MNMZP4XTNCT2U.JPG?auth=3d6cc161a4bf72e9bdb4d8e61f36798ee6eab3cf86aa39b74c6c0be6a7f68cb6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James Hetfield of Metallica performs at the Aviva. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Courts dome: Decade-long restoration of a Dublin landmark finally ready to unveil ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/four-courts-dome-decade-long-restoration-of-a-dublin-landmark-finally-ready-to-unveil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/four-courts-dome-decade-long-restoration-of-a-dublin-landmark-finally-ready-to-unveil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Hickey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[James Gandon’s neoclassical colossus needed radical repairs after the bombardment of 1922. Now the drum and dome are back much closer to their original state]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Art</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NSVW4ZHTXBCMPCPX4PQTHQIUSQ.jpg?auth=8923ddbb086acc20749379bcd44895b9537bf661a59172ba572345860e213e18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four Courts: the final scaffolding is being taken down from the 18th-century landmark. Photograph: OPW]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture architecture June 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lewis Capaldi at Marlay Park: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/20/lewis-capaldi-at-marlay-park-set-list-ticket-information-how-to-get-there-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/20/lewis-capaldi-at-marlay-park-set-list-ticket-information-how-to-get-there-and-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell, John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about Capaldi’s upcoming Dublin concerts]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PMQEFKWYZNDNJARAMHT3OVG3TQ.jpg?auth=adcbfce8440da2bf250a9458ee4626c9a8d78f615d176b8cd30b3f9a9d47a8a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lewis Capaldi performing at the 3Arena last year. Photograph: Dan Dennison]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lewis Capaldi at the 3Arena]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Dennison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Translated fiction: Tie Ning’s The Passage of Roses is a deeply impressive accomplishment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/translated-fiction-tie-nings-the-passage-of-roses-is-a-deeply-impressive-accomplishment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/translated-fiction-tie-nings-the-passage-of-roses-is-a-deeply-impressive-accomplishment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan O'Driscoll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus works by Sara Mesa; Inès Cagnati; Eugenia Ladra; Eva Vezhnavets; and Alejandra Kamiya]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W6KKR4PNMJBQ7MWZ7WSI77O24E.jpg?auth=27fb160e75711901c9e6fa792cd804f0b8c9e9603a8d4d7d707651c22e126933&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Uruguayan writer Eugenia Ladra, whose latest novel is Bait. Photograph: Carolina Acosta]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Eugenia Ladra (c) Carolina Acosta2]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The selfie problem: Europe’s museums grapple with problem crowds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/the-selfie-problem-europes-museums-grapple-with-problem-crowds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/the-selfie-problem-europes-museums-grapple-with-problem-crowds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Putting the focus on photos dilutes the experience for visitors and has led to a trail of smashed statues and ripped canvases]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Art</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y77CRGQJMC6H5H2FOTGD7YF3ZU.jpg?auth=f37f5110429f1c0f9991cc3c0afe48de526dbaa6047869f44383fdf259394eae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A visitor takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Photograph: Francois Guillot/Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jodie Foster interview: ‘I turned 60 and suddenly woke up not caring about all the things I cared about at 45’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/20/jodie-foster-interview-i-turned-60-and-suddenly-woke-up-not-caring-about-all-the-things-i-cared-about-at-45/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/20/jodie-foster-interview-i-turned-60-and-suddenly-woke-up-not-caring-about-all-the-things-i-cared-about-at-45/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The actor and director on her first French-speaking lead role, her drive to give other people opportunities, and the role that most resonates with her]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3ZBNFQ7BABA4JP2UPGWIBKIZBE.jpg?auth=9d288359a0899c20907a8e986c888ae8da728e76f1ecda8d1a41b5bee9e88ad1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jodie Foster: In A Private Life, the actor takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented By IMDb And IMDbPro At The Intercontinental Hotel Toronto, 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Cattermole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 196th RHA Annual Exhibition is full of escapism. Where’s the rage?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/the-196th-rha-annual-exhibition-is-full-of-escapism-wheres-the-rage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/20/the-196th-rha-annual-exhibition-is-full-of-escapism-wheres-the-rage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Artists are not obliged to be political, but, apart from some striking examples, anger seems curiously absent from the almost 600 works on show]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Art</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HHY4DDUFVRCHVFRJHGPFY2YAGI.jpg?auth=a4ca72c1d576d8e5c57a09ad85f86ba71fcdc3478210235f5965393052fd7835&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RHA Annual Exhibition 2026: The Swimming Pool, by Avril Murphy Allen ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Avril Murphy Allen]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">gillian buckley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck: Knowledgeable treatise on harm done by Brexit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/fantastic-kingdom-by-helene-von-bismarck-knowledgeable-treatise-on-harm-done-by-brexit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/fantastic-kingdom-by-helene-von-bismarck-knowledgeable-treatise-on-harm-done-by-brexit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Carty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A writer perfectly placed to examine the impact of this ‘act of self-harm’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUSMWZCTDRGMZIWNYB2TCTP4HQ.jpg?auth=1c3927c0c593a6e661e226e7cc741ab512cf46df9b27ddd221f3c9680fe3446b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A St George's Flag and the Union Jack flying. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A St George's Flag and the Union Jack fly outside a building in Boston. Picture: Enda O'Dowd 10 years after the Brexit vote roadtrip with Patrick Freyne]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Butterfly Season by Lea Korsgaard: A Danish journalist catches the bug]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/the-butterfly-season-by-lea-korsgaard-a-danish-journalist-catches-the-bug/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/20/the-butterfly-season-by-lea-korsgaard-a-danish-journalist-catches-the-bug/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Haverty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author sets out to track down all the 65 native species of butterfly in a single summer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FUJQICE7QNRPIQF4WU7PNSWQFA.jpg?auth=098af7d98b1b5978316bc9a57765b26eb74dd34be3c5c2358cb6acba477c66f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A butterfly on a coneflower. Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[10 of the best plants to attract pollinating insects to your garden]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: The Clouds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/20/poem-of-the-week-the-clouds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/20/poem-of-the-week-the-clouds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Laird]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Nick Laird]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YU667U43U25D73IRQSIWPHKJS4.jpg?auth=9be7228c9c1965750c9272b45832b15d818994cf652f081a0b9a05ea704d2f03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nick Laird. 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