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In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off ...

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I have been avoiding writing this column because I want to write about Advent, and this Sunday's Advent theme is peace. And ...

John Carey, the former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford who has died aged 91, was one of Britain’s most ­eminent ­literary critics, but one who ­always regarded himself as an outsider ...

I thought I was a morning person. I’ve been up by 6am for the past five years. My conversation skills fade around 8pm; I can rarely keep my eyes open for the News at Ten, and I fall asleep during the ...

The Defence Forces has no rules of engagement for dealing with drones despite the threat they have posed for years and their ...

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We tested the most popular slow cookers from brands such as Ninja, Crock-Pot, Greenpan, Lakeland and Morphy Richards to find out which produce succulent stews with minimum fuss and running costs. We ...