Christopher Wren

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The cortege passes the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos
Gay Byrne ‘made a difference in our world. Our society will be forever in his debt’

Under the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in London are inscribed the simple but powerful words of appreciation for its architect Christopher Wren; “Lecto(...)

The Lexicon library and cultural centre in Dún Laoghaire by Carr Cotter Naessens Architects. Photograph: Eric Luke
Dublin cricket club and school on Mies van der Rohe architecture award shortlist

Merrion Cricket Club and a school in Inchicore are on the 40-strong shortlist for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van de(...)

A Prospect of the City of London by Johannes Kip from 1724 shows the many steeples of the rebuilt churches scattered around St Paul’s newly realised beauty: its father-figure dome
After the Fire by Angelo Hornak review: Wren’s soaring vision
  • Books
  • January 6, 2017, 15:05

There must have been some sense of irony in London from the fact that the replacement churches for many of those destroyed in the Great Fire were fund(...)

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall leave Spencer House, London, after getting married. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Rupert Murdoch marries ex-model Jerry Hall in London
  • UK
  • March 4, 2016

Rupert Murdoch has wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London, the fourth marriage for the media mogul. The 84-year-old(...)

Models present creations during London Fashion Week. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Simone Rocha impresses with strong feminine vision

Given the growing international adulation for designer Simone Rocha, it was perhaps not surprising that she chose a place of worship, the venerable St(...)

Early years: the original building
Anarchy and the art of survival

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, which is 30 this year, was not the first artists’ studio co-operative in Dublin, but it is certainly one of the best k(...)

“If you look at people’s achievements in life, intelligence plays a part and perseverance plays a part, but the third factor is intellectual curiosity,” says Ian Robertson, professor of psychology in Trinity College Dublin
Curiouser and curiouser: the key to health and happiness?

‘We want to encourage people to have the confidence and courage and opportunity to be curious,” says Ellen Byrne, creative director of Dublin’s Festiv(...)

The Trailfinders Australian Garden has won the gold medal and Best in Show at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London today. Photograph: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images
Celebrities fail to lift centenary Chelsea Flower Show

Gnomes, gardeners, rock stars and royalty, — there’s surely no other annual social event in the world quite like the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, w(...)

Elon Musk interview: The man making the future happen

For a man who has just been introduced as a modern Isambard Kingdom Brunel or Henry Ford, the 41-year-old Elon Musk looks nervous and hesitant (...)