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St. Patrick’s: beyond the green boozy party

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If St. Patrick’s Day is about celebrating Irish culture, and Irish culture is drinking, then we are doing a pretty good job. Saint Patrick, however, may be turning in his grave.

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Orwell: timeless thinker of his own routine?

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George Orwell's "prophecies" feeding into "1984" were also (or actually) observations from his daily life in Britain, especially in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

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Keep calm and look up the Queen on Wikipedia

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Everything you wanted to know about the Queen of England, the world's oldest historical people, and politicians' candy drawers but were afraid to ask.

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Holocaust memorial off-limits to AfD leader

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Either he is a hypocrite who likes to make controversial statements for fun and not for action, or Höcke intended to carry out some form of twisted protest at the very site of historical horror and regret.

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Australia Day? The debate continues

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As the celebrations start Down Under, Rachael Clugston remains torn.

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Edmund de Waal: personal history through objects

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A personal memoir with all the elements I like; family, travelogue and art manual.

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