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To take the coronation seriously would be to try to make sense of an Australian prime minister pledging his allegiance to a crown that tried to exterminate my people. For people like me, absurdity may be the only sane response, writes Stan Grant.

The novel, written with Kathy Lette in the 1970s when both were teenagers, was a landmark in Australian fiction

As the great seaport of the Habsburg empire, Trieste was a “thriving ethnic, financial and cultural crossroads”, dubbed “Europiccola” (Europe in miniature) by James Joyce. Then came the First World War, and the grand geopolitical shifts of the 20th century, which left it ever more isolated – hemmed in on…

The Taoiseach said the US President’s trip would be a visit like no other.

White House officials and Secret Service visit Belfast ahead of President Biden's tour

The officials also toured sites in Dublin and elsewhere as part of planning for a presidential visit by Joe Biden to the island.

Only Diane Abbott, Corbyn’s oldest ally, has spoken out

Most of us, these days, communicate via text message, email and posts on social media. The age of the letter, it seems, is past.

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the French philosopher Voltaire in the 18th century to the contemporary author Zadie Smith in 2021.

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Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor burst onto the scene in MMA's top promotion less than a decade ago, and has already had a legendary career in the octagon