Harold Macmillan
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The inside story of how Boris Johnson won the UK election
- UK
- December 14, 2019, 01:00
In his final rally before Thursday’s election, Boris Johnson thanked Conservative activists for working so hard in the difficult conditions of a Decem(...)

Boris Johnson all smiles amid biggest cabinet bloodbath in British history
- UK
- July 24, 2019, 20:00
Shortly before 4pm on Wednesday, Boris Johnson marched up to the podium outside 10 Downing Street and promised to “change the record” after three year(...)

Diarmaid Ferriter: A Boris Johnson victory may not be a doomsday scenario for Ireland
- Opinion
- June 15, 2019
If, as expected, Boris Johnson succeeds in his gallop towards Downing Street, his elevation will present a heightened foreign policy challenge for the(...)

Gillian Anderson ‘to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 21, 2019, 06:00
Gillian Anderson is to follow in the footsteps of Meryl Streep, Patricia Hodge and Jennifer Saunders by taking on the role of Margaret Thatcher, accor(...)

New Zealand may hold the key for post-Brexit Ireland
- Opinion
- September 8, 2018, 05:00
Brexiteers might not deem it a parallel befitting their wildly inflated sense of national self-importance, but the UK’s best hope is that Brexit turns(...)

Michael Walker: Ronaldo has left Real Madrid but his presence is still felt
- Soccer
- August 18, 2018, 08:00
On the day back in 2009 when Real Madrid unveiled their new world record signing Cristiano Ronaldo, an estimated 80,000 turned up at the Bernabeu Stad(...)

‘The last of the Whigs’ who refused to engage in Thatcher’s ‘Little England’
- People
- July 21, 2018, 05:19
Lord Peter Carrington Born: June 6th, 1919 Died: July 9th, 2018 Peter Carrington, who has died aged 99, was the last surviving member of Sir Winsto(...)

Seán Lemass tapes: Britain sought to ‘destroy’ Common Market
- Irish News
- June 2, 2018, 00:00
Harold MacMillan and the United Kingdom’s EEC membership “I do not think that either MacMillan or any member of the British government ever fully und(...)

Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation
- Film
- May 12, 2018, 05:00
There’s a wonderful tableau in the new Irish historical film Citizen Lane depicting Hugh Lane’s wildly ambitious vision for Dublin: architect Edwin La(...)

Cannes film festival: the class acts of 2018
- Film
- May 7, 2018, 06:30
Nobody much questions that the Cannes film festival is at some sort of crossroads. The debate hangs around the extent to which the management intended(...)