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Barry Fitzgerald: the civil servant who became one of Ireland’s first Hollywood stars
- Abroad
- September 24, 2019, 07:20
Barry Fitzgerald was a man with a talent for creating conundrums for the good people at the Academy. Not only did he cause an upset by being nominated(...)

Annie Besant, the first woman to endorse birth control
- Abroad
- November 27, 2018, 10:00
In 1874, Annie Besant left her controlling husband and reinvented herself as one of Victorian Britain’s leading activists. Fifteen years later, she re(...)

Sadiq Khan’s speech disrupted by Trump supporters
- US
- January 13, 2018
A group of protesters backing US president Donald Trump and Brexit have disrupted a speech by the London mayor Sadiq Khan. Mr Kahn’s address on gende(...)

London Letter: Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour on edge of electoral cliff
- UK
- January 13, 2017, 01:00
Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt at a new year relaunch this week was, like most of his initiatives, widely ridiculed in the press and greeted with contemptuo(...)

Janan Ganesh: Anti-Brexit campaigners need to focus
- UK
- April 19, 2016, 01:01
Barack Obama’s speeches trace a picture of the world as it could be if only people had the vision and moral depth of, for instance, Obama. This week, (...)