He was viewed as a threat to authority, and would be closely watched.
Towns like Rotherham and Oldham have been permitted to be turned into bastardised versions of Multan, Pakistan.
You are not suddenly going to turn into Brad Pitt or Keira Knightly. You certainly are not going to do it in January.
“Such has been the systematic infantilisation of Irish popular opinion that this dependency is not a subject for national shame.”
The British put a £1,000 price on Breen’s head, which was later raised to £10,000
Handel’s Messiah was the soundtrack to Christmas Day in our house
A summer school is held in his honour every year in his hometown at the beginning of July and is highly regarded amongst traditional musicians.
Accounts were so horrific that many thought they were exaggerated
The Ten Commandments are largely directed at the male of the species.
When you want to cheer yourself up this Christmas, when all the stress gets too much and you want to see how hard other people have it, just watch Motherland.
102 years ago
One of my favourite films is About a Boy