Oscar Wilde

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It is not always easy being green when communicating with the neighbours

Gerald Barry: ‘I’ve had an energy in me that has not had an outlet’

The composer on sea bream, symbols, spies, Salome and his new Cello Concerto

Love Storeys – Frank McNally on the eccentric but also romantic hotels of Paris

An Irishman’s Diary

A salt course: Learn how to season with the best of them

Some people don’t even have salt in their house. Are you one of them?

Finding Marcel Proust: Paris marks centenary of the writer’s death

An exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet places Proust in his Belle Époque milieu

The best circles – Paul Clements on the Ulster History Circle’s commemorative plaques

An Irishman’s Diary

Oscar Wilde’s former street named the most expensive in England

Average house price on Tite Street in Chelsea is £28.9m, says mortgage lender Halifax

100 independent Irish online shops for Christmas presents

There’s no excuse for not shopping locally this Christmas as ever more Irish retailers go online

Greek myths, fairy tales and now TikTok: our enduring love affair with horror

Halloween horror taps into cultural roots going back to ancient Greece via the Romantics

Going to college? Head to the open days in universities around the country

When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days

À la recherche des pubs perdus – Frank McNally on visiting Paris again

An Irishman’s Diary

Sean Moncrieff: People act like I chose this surname, just to be difficult or pretentious

In multi-cultural western societies, name-mangling has become infused with politics

October travel: From rewilding in Meath to going Wilde for afternoon tea

Plus: Take a Monaghan mini-break in gorgeous Glaslough or discover cultured Dublin

There’s a difference between shyness and social anxiety

Quiet people rest assured, brilliant conversationalists are a pain in the neck

End of the Line – Frank McNally on the dubious legacy of the last Earl of Clanrickarde

An Irishman’s Diary

Piccadilly Circus – Frank McNally on the colourful, coded history of a famous London address

An Irishman’s Diary

A cucumber sandwich with an Irish twist

Theses are far from traditional cucumber sandwiches, but are just as posh

Coward and Mac Liammóir shared a secret, seldom-spoken language

London Letter: A new Noël Coward exhibition reminds us of carefully constructed, parallel lives

Bank of Ireland sale will inevitably reignite vexatious issue of banker bonuses

Market Beat: Market sentiment towards remaining Irish banks has picked up

‘I want you to help me with a marriage proposal in this article’

The dark US pop poet John Murry lives in Ireland. And he’d like a hand with a personal matter

Final sales of the season leave auction buyers spoiled for choice

Signed copies of Joyce’s Ulysses and Wilde’s Poems, and works by Paul Henry to feature

Reading Gaol: The battle to save Oscar Wilde’s prison cell

Moves to make the jail a public space have stalled. Could it yet become a ‘gay landmark’?

Travel News: Wildean walks and wedding plans

Refurbished Carton House reopens, Ashford Castle rolls outs gourmet getaways

Richard Mosse: ‘The idea of the artist going it alone is bogus’

Mosse ‘weaponises the aesthetics’ of military-grade film to force us not to look away

Paris Disagreement – Frank McNally on the fall of the Paris Commune, 150 years ago this week

An Irishman’s Diary

Penthouse residences at InterContinental Dublin with 24-hour room service from €1.2m

Trio of hotel properties for sale offer five-star living at the heart of the capital’s embassy belt

Prince Philip: Irascible, possibly unfaithful – and, since The Crown, so incredibly glamorous

Netflix’s hit royal drama has shaped how millions think of the late duke of Edinburgh

Bard of the Boulevards – Frank McNally on poet Charles Baudelaire, born 200 years ago on this day

An Irishman’s Diary

Future Imperfect – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s 1950s vision of the year 2021

An Irishman’s Diary

Arts&Antiques: Rare Jack B Yeats book in sale for bibliophiles

Private library of John Wyse Jackson goes under the hammer at Purcell auctioneers

No G-Men – Frank McNally on the politics of English accents

An Irishman’s Diary

To ‘er’ is human – Frank McNally on the scourge of rhotic imperialism

An Irishman’s Diary

Jennifer O'Connell: Biden’s cabinet looks like America. The Dáil doesn’t look much like Ireland

People who say it shouldn’t matter are used to seeing their own image reflected back to them

Fintan O’Toole: Way pandemic has unfolded makes mockery of punishment and reward

It seems that the virus is playing a cruel game with our efforts to do the right thing

Breda O'Brien: Does charity perpetuate unjust systems?

Without radical societal change, charity will always be inadequate

Letters from teenage WB Yeats and Tiffany diamonds: what’s coming up in auctions

Christmas rare book online sale to include first editions of De Profundis, Oscar Wilde

In a Word . . .

. . . Portrait

Trinity and Richard Dawkins: Better to debate ideas than to ban them

Cancelling motions and deplatforming controversial speakers is becoming common

Co-living development ‘will destroy’ North Great George’s Street

Expanded shared accommodation plans for Georgian street decried by heritage groups

Zak Crawley’s maiden Test century puts England in early control of third Test

Jos Buttler shares in unbroken 205-run partnership as Pakistan punished

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