BEYONCÉ STRIPPED On betrayal, heartbreak and feeling neglected
In an age where all you need is a big bum, a brass neck and a contouring kit to secure world fame, there’s comfort...
FASHION LEGACY What we learned from Elizabeth Taylor…
Remembered as an unapologetic maximalist, a hopeless romantic and passionate philanthropist, Elizabeth Taylor's love of diamonds and daring outfits continue to inspire and enthrall....
GROWING UP KURT Three generations of Cobain’s family launch Newbridge exhibition
Kurt Cobain was Oirish. Fair enough, there’s barely a beast or human, villain or hero, in this world and beyond we haven’t laid claim...
RACE TO THE BOTTOM The influence of Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian: The ultimate influencer of a tacky and tawdry culture of sex tapes, plastic surgery, nude selfies and shameless self promotion where everything...
KEEP ON RUNNING Why this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon is particularly poignant…
What a difference 35 years had made to this peculiar little island of ours. 1983 marked the first year of the Women’s Mini-Marathon with...
A BIT MUCH? Jennifer Lawrence and that awkward moment with Joanna Lumley at the...
Inside jokes don’t really work on large audiences with raging Twitter accounts, do they? ‘The ravishing’ Jennifer Lawrence learned that lesson the hard way...
CELEBRITY PUBLIC SPATS Insult in haste on social media, repent at leisure
Public spats: Never a good idea, always great entertainment. Social media means it’s too irresistible not to post your grievances for the world to...
SUNDAY FUNDAY Remember when Sundays were sacred?
Do you remember when Sunday was sacred? When the notion of shopping on the Seventh Day wasn’t even a consideration? How we have changed.
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WHO SAYS THEY’RE WOMEN’S CLOTHES? The rise of gender neutral wear
‘You don’t wear women’s clothes anymore, how come?’, says I to Eddie Izzard, the comedian known for his cross dressing. He looked me dead...
SINGLE DISCRIMINATION Desperate measures for a desperate inheritance tax law
Single people have no platform unlike married couples, same sex civil partners, people with disabilities, the LGBT community, Travellers or farmers when it comes...
