Robert Harris
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ClassicsNow festival set to bring ancient Greece and Rome to life
- Culture
- November 10, 2020, 05:00
Ranging from Irish theatre and dance to language, literature and myth, the first ClassicsNow programme begins on Friday, November 13th. In a new weeke(...)
Why do we keep asking artists what they think of Brexit?
- Culture
- September 7, 2019, 05:00
When the late Andrew Breitbart, founder of Breitbart News, said “politics is downstream of culture”, he bequeathed a mantra to the populist right that(...)
British in west Cork fearful about what Brexit deal – or no deal – will bring
- Irish News
- November 24, 2018, 17:00
Standing in the dairy of her 250-acre coastal farm in west Cork, Gubbeen founder Giana Ferguson ponders the future and, like so many other food produc(...)
Exhibit A – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the Ballydehob Museum of Treasures
- Opinion
- April 16, 2018, 00:01
The Ballydehob Museum of Treasures – Artists, Bohemians and Craftspeople of an Iconic Era will open next year in the village’s former bank. This fine (...)
Big question of the Tory conference: where are the youth?
- UK
- October 6, 2017, 01:00
Sitting in the Youth Zone at the Conservative conference in Manchester with Andrea Leadsom and her mother, it was hard to escape the conclusion that t(...)
'Britain has a sense of moral superiority most other countries don't feel'
- Books
- October 5, 2017, 05:00
“Britain is the only European country to come out of the war feeling better about itself than when it went in,” says Robert Harris, when I ask why the(...)
Obsession with World War played role in Brexit, says Harris
- Politics
- September 29, 2017, 17:59
An unhealthy national obsession with the UK’s role in the second World War played a role in creating the conditions for Brexit, according to best-sell(...)
Dublin Festival of History: JFK, Harry Potter and Nicholas II up for discussion
- Irish News
- September 4, 2017, 15:45
The former governor of Hong Kong and British cabinet minister Chris Patten will be among the speakers at the Dublin Festival of History next month. M(...)
Brexit vote should have required 55%, says author Harris
- Politics
- October 5, 2016, 13:15
British politics is fractured, and the Labour Party in the UK may well fall below 200 seats in the House of Commons after the next general election, a(...)
Wild Geese: On the crest of a wave in Portugal
- Work
- September 9, 2016, 06:00
Swapping a business suit for a more relaxed dress code of shorts and T-shirt is a move many workers would like to make but it’s proved a permanent one(...)



