Four Palestine Action members are continuing hunger strikes in the UK, following a protest practice with a long history.

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.

James Quinn’s lucid, authoritative and brilliantly concise study of the 1798 Rebellion contains a passage that answers ...

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Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...

No more USC-Notre Dame may feel like the end, but it really starts a different kind of arms race, and fans of each school need to stay engaged in it ...

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