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Best luxury hotels in Dublin 2025, from celebrity favourites to Michelin-starred dining

From stylish getaways to relaxing spa breaks, Dublin’s array of luxury hotels will leave you feeling pampered and rejuvenated

The Independent UK

Hotel Café Royal reopens Oscar Wilde bar as grill restaurant

Until recently used for afternoon tea, the room is now a grill restaurant, as it was when the hotel first opened

Evening Standard

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

The Guardian - UK

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Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure

The Guardian - UK

‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishing

The Guardian - UK

Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a work of art activism beloved by Banksy

In 2021, Banksy revealed a mural of Oscar Wilde, clad in prisoner garb, making an escape from the abandoned Reading jail. The artist claimed that he would donate profits from the sale of the stencil he used to create the work (a projected £10 million) to set up an arts…

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Mrs Warren’s Profession review – Imelda Staunton in formidable form as brothel-keeper

Filial tangles, played with the actor’s real-life daughter Bessie Carter, bring George Bernard Shaw’s once-banned drama to life

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OPINION - If you want to make London unwelcoming for LGBTQ people, you've picked the wrong city

London is a living, breathing anthology of stories. From Soho to Dalston, every corner whispers tales of those who dared to be different. It’s in these streets that Oscar Wilde once walked, where Virginia Woolf penned her thoughts, and where countless unnamed heroes lived authentically, even when the world wasn’t…

Evening Standard

Inside the Met Gala: Under a petal-filled sky, guests honor Black style, hail a ‘monumental night’

Once inside the Met Gala Monday evening, guests passed under a slew of flower petals suspended from the ceiling

The Independent UK

39 Times People Took Pictures, Only To Realize It Was ‘Accidental Renaissance’

Maybe it's true what Oscar Wilde once said, "life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

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I Used AI To Reimagine 5 Iconic Historical Figures In Full Color—Here’s How They Look

I reimagined iconic historical figures, bringing hidden details to life through AI technology. The post I Used AI To Reimagine 5 Iconic Historical Figures In Full Color—Here’s How They Look first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Iconic People Reimagined: I Colorized 5 Old Photos—Here’s The Result

I reimagined iconic historical figures, bringing hidden details to life through AI technology. The post Iconic People Reimagined: I Colorized 5 Old Photos—Here’s The Result first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders

If you peruse the philosophy section of your local bookshop, you’ll probably find a number of books on Stoicism – an ancient philosophy enjoying a renaissance today. But where are the Epicureans?

The Conversation

Sarah Snook 'saw a ghost at haunted theatre'

'Succession' star Sarah Snook has revealed she had a spooky encounter at a theatre in London which has a reputation for being haunted.

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In 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' the actress plays over two dozen gender-bending characters; scenic and costume designer Marg Horwell shares how her looks come to life.

Evening Standard

Heading to Dublin for the Oasis weekender? The best places to eat, drink and stay

Grab a pint at Toner’s, get the Bad Sisters experience in Howth and sing along to Irish folk at O’Donoghues. Maddy Mussen has your guide to spending a weekend in Ireland’s largest city

The Conversation

Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail

In today’s theatre industry, you don’t have to look far to find queer representation. Although the theatre has long been seen as an accepting place for LGBTQ+ people, in the 19th century, examples of queer lives from the stage profession are difficult to find.

The Guardian - UK

Flounced dresses and laced boots fill McQueen’s Dickens-coded Paris show

Waists, heels and lace take centre-stage in Seán McGirr’s ‘modern dandy’ collection, as hourglass tailoring returns

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It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way

A whole political and cultural era is passing, and who better than the Duchess of Sussex as a symbol of all we have left behind, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Evening Standard

Josh Barrie On the Sauce at The Room Where It Happens: No one could be Les Misérables here

Soho in its actuality is a warm and tender embrace, says Josh Barrie

The Conversation

Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet

Trolling on the internet looks and feels like a new phenomenon. Abuse can rain down on a target instantly and from everywhere, in quantities never before seen. But as David Rudrum’s engaging book on the history of trolling shows, the desire to hurt or distract another with words goes back…

The Independent UK

£3million Oscar Wilde-linked mansion mysteriously burns down after huge drugs bust

Exclusive: The grade II-listed eight-bedroom house went up in flames months after police busted a gang using it to grow cannabis. Alexander Butler reports

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 15: three more UK towns with unsung stories

Our tour of unheralded towns continues with Black Country legends in Dudley, Renaissance-style architecture in Enniskillen and Middlesbrough, birthplace of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Guardian - UK

Air traffic control to Sir Keir: turbulence ahead

There’s no point trying to make plans around the whims of Trump. The PM instead needs to turn to Europe

The Guardian - UK

Orgies, vampires and jewel-laden tortoises: it’s time we buried the myths of decadence in art

Is western civilisation being destroyed by its own decadence? Was the Roman empire? And does a preference for Lord of the Rings over The Matrix indicate that we are all doomed? Our critic tries to sift fact from fiction …

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