Laurie Lee
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Howya – An Irishman’s Diary on greetings
- Opinion
- December 28, 2020, 19:30
In his Irish Journal, Heinrich Böll reported a brief exchange between a man and woman across a street in Sligo: “‘Howya, Paddy?’, and the old man shou(...)

A midsummer like no other, with a nod to St John and flash of Star Trek
- Opinion
- June 20, 2020, 20:01
A few years ago somewhere, I bought a copy of Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie, a classic memoir of English childhood in the years after the first World (...)

The National: I Am Easy to Find review – A bold ambitious collision of the past, present
- Music
- May 17, 2019, 15:00
At just under 70 minutes, The National’s eighth studio record is their longest yet, revealing a grand ambition. Co-produced by Mike Mills, who has dir(...)

Pope comes to Ireland: Here's our ready-made nostalgic article full of gems about the 1979 visit
- Culture
- June 29, 2018, 05:00
Greetings, older columnists. The Holy Father will be here sooner than you think. There are only two months to go before editors demand nostalgic piece(...)

An Irishman’s Diary on Laurie Lee’s centenary
- Heritage
- June 23, 2014, 01:00
Being a “one-hit wonder” can be something of a mixed blessing; it is better than no hit but the question why it cannot be repeated is ever present. La(...)

Prolific writer who blossomed late in life
- People
- January 11, 2014, 00:00
For much of a career spanning more than 60 years, the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard, who has died aged 90, suffered a certain condescension from litera(...)

Endurance is all: a letter from Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Culture
- January 9, 2014, 11:35
This is not an obituary. It is only a memory, but of an experience that briefly linked my life to that of the English writer Elizabeth Jane Howard, wh(...)