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Jojo Rabbit: between daring and bad taste in Nazi Germany
- Film
- January 3, 2020
Philosophers still argue over what Theodor Adorno meant by “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric”. We can, however, safely wager that those who(...)
Oscars race: who are the real contenders and who have blown their chances?
- Film
- September 19, 2019, 11:08
Lay out the sandbags. Check the gas masks. Plant potatoes in the allotment. The annual phoney war that kicks off awards season has properly begun. A (...)
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has his account briefly hacked
- Technology
- August 31, 2019, 11:25
The Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive officer, was hacked and briefly hijacked on Friday. The account @jack began published a(...)
How can art be judged and valued?
- Culture
- August 24, 2019, 05:00
As you read this, arts managers, curators and creators are hard at work. They’re not making, curating or managing art, they’re writing their annual Ar(...)
Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door
- Homes & Property
- August 15, 2019, 15:51
Who knew that fancy hotels could be among the riskiest places in Dublin? Compensation culture has claimed its latest victim, and the city’s purists ar(...)
Suspect in German politician’s murder ‘retracts confession’
- Europe
- July 2, 2019, 15:29
The man charged with the murder last month of pro-immigration German politician Walter Lübcke has retracted his confession, his new lawyer said on Tu(...)
Slice of Masonic history unearthed in Co Meath auction
- Fine Art & Antiques
- June 27, 2019, 00:00
A tiny silver Freemason’s trowel is one of the lots in Matthew’s sale in Kells, Co Meath, this weekend. Listed as “antique”, the trowel arrived to the(...)
The Nazi past of the people who bring you Krispy Kreme
- Manufacturing
- June 17, 2019, 16:56
Emilie Landecker was 19 when she went to work for Benckiser, a German company that made industrial cleaning products and also took pride in cleansing (...)
One of the first Allied soldiers to die on D-Day was Pte Edward Delaney O’Sullivan, known as “Paddy”, who landed with the Parachute Regiment outside T(...)
Librettos on the beach: Standouts at this year’s Venice Biennale
- Visual Art
- June 6, 2019, 05:00
With 89 countries sending their brightest and best, the Venice Biennale can seem like an overwhelming mash up of the Eurovision and the Olympics. The (...)