Ringo Starr
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British honours for Barry Gibb, Darcey Bussell and Ringo Starr
- UK
- December 29, 2017, 22:30
The Beatles’ Ringo Starr and Bee Gees co-founder Barry Gibb have been awarded knighthoods in the British new year honours list, alongside a string of (...)

It was 50 years ago today that The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This record would for many of their fans be the definitiv(...)

How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis
- Music
- May 27, 2017, 05:00
I couldn’t keep my sticky, six-year-old fingers off it. I think I loved Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from the moment I became aware of it. The(...)

First listen: ‘Sgt Pepper’ is the comfort and escape we need today
- Music
- May 27, 2017, 05:00
When my editor asked if I had ever listened to The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from start to finish, I immediately answered with: “I(...)

Wild Geese: Martin Nolan, co-owner in US of Julien’s Auctions
- Work
- January 13, 2017, 05:00
Splitting your time between homes in Los Angeles, New York and London seems a far cry from Kiltoom, near Athlone, Co Westmeath, where Martin Nolan gr(...)

Dublin Book Festival: eight to see this weekend
- Culture
- November 9, 2016, 14:00
The Centre Holds Smock Alley Theatre, Thursday, 10 November, 6:30pm The Irish Writers Centre is marking its 25th anniversary with an anthology of ess(...)

Photographer Deirdre O’Callaghan's singular beat
- Music
- November 7, 2016, 05:00
When she was 18, Deirdre O’Callaghan hightailed it to London the day after she completed her Leaving Cert. Not to hang around and wait for her result(...)

Tributes flood in for boxing legend Muhammad Ali
- US
- June 4, 2016, 08:43
US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to Muhammad Ali saying he fought for what was right outside the ring as well as in it. “He was a man who f(...)

North Carolina business leaders urge repeal of transgender law
- US
- April 19, 2016, 21:27
North Carolina business leaders on Tuesday called for a repeal of a new state law they blamed for mounting economic losses as opponents of the legisla(...)

Pelé’s personal keepsakes to go under the hammer
- International
- March 19, 2016, 11:00
Leading items from a major auction of Pelé’s personal possessions have gone on display at the Newbridge Silverware visitor centre in Co Kildare with (...)