John Le Carre
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Brendan Voyage(s) – Frank McNally on a tangled tale of memoirs
- Opinion
- January 5, 2021, 19:01
I was sad to hear over Christmas of the death of Brendan Cardiff, retired veteran of many years at the European Commission in Brussels and occasional (...)

Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senators
- Oireachtas
- December 19, 2020, 01:00
This time of year, things usually go a bit mad around Leinster House. Political parties throw parties, the restaurant is heaving, the bar gets busy an(...)

John le Carré pondered move to Ireland, says friend John Banville
- Irish News
- December 15, 2020, 15:13
Acclaimed English novelist John le Carré who died on Sunday at the age of 89 was applying for an Irish passport and considering moving to Ireland afte(...)

John le Carré obituary: George Smiley’s creator elevated the spy novel to high art
- Books
- December 14, 2020, 11:10
John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell) Born: October 19th, 1931 Died: December 12th, 2020 John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately pl(...)

John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author, dies aged 89
- Books
- December 13, 2020, 22:51
John le Carré, who forged thrillers from equal parts of adventure, moral courage and literary flair, has died aged 89. Le Carré explored the gap betw(...)

Sean Connery the man has died. Sean Connery the indestructible legend lives on
- Film
- October 31, 2020
It is just two months since Sean Connery, who has died, celebrated his 90th birthday. The appreciations will have given him some sense of how subseque(...)

Richard Osman: ‘The worst thing in the world is someone telling you they’re writing a novel’
- Stage
- September 8, 2020, 05:00
Richard Osman has been on our telly for only a little over a decade. Originally a producer, he decided to sit in on a demonstration when pitching a qu(...)

Sean Connery turns 90: An avatar of old-fashioned masculinity
- Film
- August 25, 2020, 15:35
It is 44 years since Sean Connery appeared as an aging Robin Hood in Richard Lester’s under-estimated Robin and Marian. There was a great deal of wear(...)

Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and again
- Culture
- April 4, 2020, 05:00
I hope you enjoy this column. If you really, really like it (anything is possible) you may feel inclined to read it again. After all, that’s what we a(...)

Burial: Tunes 2011–2019 review - Mindblowing compilation by the producer of the century
- Music
- December 6, 2019, 07:00
Simon Reynolds called Burial’s 2007 masterpiece Untrue the most important electronic album of the century so far. In Ghosts of My Life: Writings on De(...)