Bing Crosby

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Lot 163 comprises six unpublished photographs of Bing Crosby playing golf during a charity event at the Woodbrook Golf Club near Bray, Co Wicklow, in September 1961
The fine art of collecting collectibles

Antiques auctions routinely include a selection of items which are described as “collectibles”. Some are mainstream and relatively popular including c(...)

Ashford’s five stars gleam brighter than ever thanks to a two-year programme of restoration
High Society stay in Ashford Castle

‘Would you like something to eat or shall I start the film straight away?” There were only two of us in the cinema, plus the waiter; 32 plush red v(...)

Madge Fanning celebrated being 100 years-old at her home in Skerries in May last year. She is holding a photograph of her with her siblings.Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Five siblings set world record for each living over a century

Joe Clarke was born in 1901, 13 years before his sister Madge.In between, there were another three brothers and, collectively, they would become the l(...)

Retailers’ Christmas begins when it might be fully expected to begin – shortly before, not after, they think consumers will start buying stuff. Photograph: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
It’s time we stopped being so sensitive about the ‘C’ word

“Christmas creep” is the name given to the phenomenon of the Christmas season starting earlier and going on for longer each year, although some mig(...)

Lady Valerie Goulding of the Central Remedial Clinic: her charity work was recognised in 1977 when taoiseach Jack Lynch appointed her to the Seanad
English aristocrat Valerie Goulding was founder and driving force behind clinic

Lady Valerie Goulding, mother of Central Remedial Clinic chairman Hamilton Goulding, was a founder and later the major driving force behind the clini(...)