Dorothy Parker
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Pilita Clark: Do not knock virtual Christmas parties until you try one
- Work
- December 14, 2020, 04:48
The other day a box arrived on my doorstep containing three bottles of organic wine and a note. “Try and resist opening these bottles before the even(...)

Sharing wisdom in a time of crisis: 25 ways to live your life to the full
- People
- April 18, 2020, 06:00
Brendan Gleeson, Eavan Boland, JOHN CREEDON, DARINA ALLEN and others pass on advice during this uncertain time It can be hard to take stock when(...)

Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister
- Books
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
PAUL MERTON ON HIS IRISH REVOLUTIONARY GRANDFATHER, 30 YEARS OF HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, AND HIS NEW BOOK OF 80 FUNNY STORIES, SKETCHES AND SCRIPTS(...)

Yes, you should feel bad for not finishing (insert classic novel here)
- Culture
- September 28, 2019, 05:00
“I’ve never finished Proust or Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities or even The Brothers Karamazov,” Zadie Smith told the Guardian last week. I’m (...)

Gershwin and Dorothy Parker: This week’s jazz highlights
- Music
- September 7, 2019, 05:00
Saturday, September 7th Honor Heffernan: The Whistling Girl High Tide Club, Castletown Bearhaven, Cork Composer Trevor Knight’s setting of the word(...)

Vita & Virginia: A tale of literary lovers fails to make waves
- Film
- July 5, 2019, 05:00
Here we have a film torn between brave experiment and on-after-Lovejoy heritage telly. The source material gestures in the safer direction. Chanya But(...)

In a word... funeral
- Culture
- June 8, 2019, 00:00
Have you ever wondered about those compliments paid to the dead at funerals? You know the sort of thing: “He/she never said a bad word about anyone”, (...)

‘My ex was a terrible person but I can’t stop looking at his social media’
- Health & Family
- October 21, 2018, 07:00
Dear Roe, My ex and I were together for over two years, and he was a terrible person. He criticised me constantly, lied, cheated, played on every ins(...)

A Star is Born: Bradley Cooper’s film is the third – arguably fourth – remake of the same movie
- Film
- October 1, 2018
Never mind adaptations of novels, plays and stories. As Bradley Cooper’s triumphant variation on A Star is Born – showcasing a revelatory turn by Lady(...)

Wit’s end – On smartphones, the death of conversation, and Dorothy Parker
- Opinion
- August 23, 2018, 18:00
If television didn’t kill the art of conversation, entirely, the smartphone seems to have finished the job. It has eliminated the risk of casual disco(...)