Tagcloud

Achill Island, actor, advertising, air travel, Amish, ancestry, approved retirement funds, architecture, art history, asset classes, assets, Axel Munthe, BBQs, beat groups, Berna Cox, biography, Brideshead Revisited, broadband, Camino de Santiago, camping, Champagne, Che Guevara, Chester Beatty Library, chicken soup, child abuse, childhood, children, China, Christmas, clothes, commuting, corporate bonds, cosmetic surgery, credit crunch, digestive health, diy, Dr Charles Lever, Dr James Barry, Dublin, Dublin International Film Festival, Eastern Europe, eating disorders, eBay, economy, Edith Piaf, equities, Etruscan, Evelyn Waugh, evolutionary biology, exams, Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), exhibitions, family meals, festival, film, food, football, French paradox, fundraising, gardening, Glasgow, Grace Kelly, Handel, heart health, Hebrides, hedge funds, history, horse-racing, hospital, house prices, housing market, human rights, Hungary, impressionism, inflation, investments, Irish, Irish Hospice Foundation, Italy, James Joyce, job satisfaction, journalism, Lawrence of Arabia, Leonardo da Vinci, Library, Lincoln Inn, markets, marriage, media, medical history, memory, mental health, Monet, mourning, multiple sclerosis (MS), music, music therapy, Neil Young, newspapers, Newspapers, Northern Ireland, Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver St John Gogarty, oral cancer, Oxford, Paolo Uccello, Paris, Parkinson's disease, pension, pets, philosophy, photography, poetry, property, property rental, pubs, punk, Radcliffe Infirmary, Raphael, restaurants, review, rock, Ryanair, sauvignon blanc, school, science, Scotland, sculpture, Shakespeare, shares, Shelbourne Hotel, sherry, showbands, Siena, Sir John Lavery, Slow Food Movement, Sparta, strike, sub-prime, superstition, Syria, tax, tax breaks, Television, TexMex, theatre, thought, time, tourism, trade unions, traffic, Trinity College, Tudors, Tuscany, Ulysses S Grant, Venice, Walter Osbourne, WB Yeats, weather, wine tasting, words, work, work-life balance, World Fleadh, World War One, writing, youth

Lifestyle: November 2007

Why the Spartans lived for the glory of the battlefield

Dr John Wallace | 30 November 2007 | Entertainment

In the fifth century the Pass of Thermopylae in Greece was the scene of a defensive battle by an outnumbered Greek force against a vast, invading Persian army. Among the Greek defenders, were 300 Spartans. The army of Persia, under... Read more

The housing market- surviving the downtime

Conor White | 30 November 2007 | Finance

The Irish economy is at a very interesting juncture. After the breakneck speed of activity in the housing market in recent years, both in terms of price-growth and house-building, this sector is set to take a breather in the times... Read more

A Munthe on the Isle of Capri

Dr Patrick Rowan | 23 November 2007 | Culture and society

Axel Munthe’s The Story of San Michele is perhaps the most famous book of reminiscences ever written by a doctor. When it was first published in 1929, it sold millions of copies and was translated into 45 languages. At the... Read more

Best to remember... and to smile

Berna Cox | 23 November 2007 | Culture and society

A few years ago, I was involved with a reminiscence project that aimed to gather and record reminiscences of bygone times. It was an interesting experience and, in an effort to make the group leaders competent and professional in our... Read more

The Portraits on Paper exhibition

Dr John Wallace | 16 November 2007 | Art

The challenge of creating a good likeness has proved irresistible to artists down through the ages. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the most renowned example in literature of an image so powerful that it becomes a... Read more

High-yield equity funds

Conor White | 16 November 2007 | Finance

The search for investments with a high yield is a popular strategy for investors looking to supplement, or replace, their current income streams. With relatively low yields available in bond markets in recent years, high-yield equities have become particularly attractive.... Read more

I do- but terms and conditions apply

Berna Cox | 09 November 2007 | Culture and society

If you are of the marrying persuasion, have a think about your big day– bride looking beautiful, groom shaking with nerves, bridesmaids fussing, and misty-eyed mothers sniffing and dabbing their eyes. Sweet strains of Purcell float from the choir (or... Read more

The taste of a Tuscan summer

Giovanni Morelli | 09 November 2007 | Wine

There is no doubt that we all attribute a different level of credence to what we read, depending on its provenance. For example, when we read about wine consumption contributing to a healthy life, it can bring out the sceptic... Read more

Trick or treat, give me something nice to eat

Valerie O'Connor | 02 November 2007 | Culture and society

When I was growing up Halloween was one of the most thrilling days of the year. You got to cut up one of your mum’s old sheets and stick your head through it, cover your face in soot and wander... Read more

The legacy of the Tudors

Dr John Wallace | 02 November 2007 | Entertainment

The Tudors is an Emmy award-nominated series that examines the early reign of Henry VIII and the role of his leading advisor, the last of the great medieval prelates, Cardinal Wolsey. In this ten-part series, Henry VIII is played by... Read more

What did the Etruscans ever do for us?

Brenda Moore-McCann | 02 November 2007 | Art

Two of the striking phenomena in Tuscany over the last decade are the ubiquity of Irish voices and the growth of Etruscan Museums. For the former, we have to thank the vision of the late Tony Ryan and Ryanair. The... Read more