Berna Cox writes that the suggestion that women should settle for a man they don’t love in order to have a family is just plain wrong. Generally speaking, when couples walk down the aisle or into the registry office, it’s one of the happiest days of their lives. They make their marriage vows, promise to [...]
Shirley Lanigan writes that despite all the effort it takes to fight nature and the elements, the rewards that can be gleaned from seeing that perfect rose or enjoying a salad fresh from the garden make it all worthwhile. Those who do not garden will trot out all manner of justifications for avoidance of the [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at a new book on the distinguished and flamboyant don, Prof R.B. McDowell, and his charmed existence within the halls and squares of Trinity College Dublin. Born in 1913, Robert Brendan McDowell entered Trinity College Dublin as an undergraduate in 1932. Trinity was then an academic enclave, with few people passing [...]
Giovanni Morelli recalls the famous blind-tasting of 1976 when Californian wines came into their own. Robert Mondavi, one of the great icons of modern wine making died on May 16, at the ripe old age of 94. Mondavi’s family emigrated from Italy and his vineyard was the first to open in Napa valley when prohibition [...]
Dr John Wallace reports on the beauty and culture of the French Riviera and finds out why many of the glitterati and literati have flocked there in their search for inspiration. Provence is located in the sun-drenched, south-eastern corner of France. Bound to the south by the Mediterranean, the coastline is referred to as the [...]
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