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Lifestyle: October 2008

Beckett – the reluctant lecturer

Dr John Wallace | 31 October 2008 | Literature

This recent, short book focuses on one of the least-known periods of Samuel Beckett’s life. The Irish writer had just returned from Paris to teach in Dublin, but had not yet written his first novel, Dream of Fair to Middling... Read more

Pop goes the girly weasel

Berna Cox | 29 October 2008 | Culture and society

Berna Cox ends up with helmet hair and stripey legs after a three-day 'pampering' session and decides that with all the stress, time and money involved, it's just not worth the hassle I don’t think I’m a very good girl.... Read more

Watch out, there are women on campus

Dr John Wallace | 21 October 2008 | Culture and society

Dr John Wallace looks at the early years of women’s participation in third-level education in Trinity College Dublin, when women were perceived as being 'a danger to the men' A book called A Danger to the Men?, edited by Susan... Read more

A look at self-directed retirement portfolios

15 October 2008 | Finance

Conor White outlines the benefits of establishing self directed retirement portfolios, which allow professionals to have an effective tax management plan in place for minimising tax on earned income. A self-directed retirement portfolio allows medical and other professionals to accumulate... Read more

Second time around can be just as sweet

Berna Cox | 08 October 2008 | Culture and society

Berna Cox writes that although society finds it acceptable when a widower remarries, it's a different story when a woman marries again — but she doesn't intend on going anywhere for quite a while. Recently, I met a woman from... Read more

The real literary detectives

Dr Stephen Williams | 05 October 2008 | Entertainment

Dr Stephen McWilliams plots the links between literary figures and detective novels — some with a strong medical influence — and investigates the possibility of writing his own sleuthing novel. If the shelves of my local bookshop are to be... Read more

Everything in Paris starts at a cafe table

Dr John Wallace | 04 October 2008 | Culture and society

Eighty years later, the number of cafés multiplied and they were often used by the leaders of the Revolution, such as Danton and Robespierre. Indeed, it was the chefs of those aristocrats who lost their heads who set up many... Read more

Secrets of Newgrange

Terence Cosgrave | 03 October 2008 | Culture and society

Terence Cosgrave recommends a new book on the history and archaeology behind Newgrange, Ireland's finest historical site. It’s rare that an academic book retains its scholarship, while also being a page-turning read. Most academic books that have a high degree... Read more

A 'bottle' by any other name...

Giovanni Morelli | 03 October 2008 | Wine

Giovanni Morelli writes that we may need to reconsider our views on 'bottling' wine in cardboard containers and also looks at reasons why Prosecco has grown in popularity in recent years. I suppose we are all creatures of habit, to... Read more