The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...
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No regrets, no burdens: 73-year-old chooses solitude in old age
Determined not to burden his family, a 73-year-old man has chosen to live out his remaining years alone in a modest hut in ...
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Michael Longley and the Songbird of Iran
Many tributes have been paid to the poet Michael Longley who sadly died last week, all of them richly deserved.  His ...
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Marianne Faithfull, English singer and actress, dies at 78
The daughter of a World War II intelligence officer, Faithfull had a front-row seat as drugs, alcohol and sexual excess ...
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Around the Districts: Bellewstown, Donore, Duleek, Monasterboice and Stamullen
The east Meath Meralsm on wheels is a service that ism provided each week across the coastal district. At a cost of only €5 ...
David Pountney: ‘The Arts Council has it in for opera. Nicholas Serota should have resigned’
The director on the threat to ENO’s future, how opera is being ‘dumbed down’ – and why he’s staging Tchaikovsky’s blood-soaked Mazeppa ...
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Marianne Faithfull, voice of Britain's Swinging '60s, dies at 78
"She Walks in Beauty," a collection of Romantic-era poems read by her and set to music ... and lack of memory, and had to cut short a podcast interview in June 2021. In March 2022, Faithfull ...
Linda Nolan funeral updates: Coleen Nolan in tears as family thank fans for turnout
Famous faces have gathered as musician Linda Nolan is laid to rest today (February 1) at St Paul's Church in Blackpool before ...
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Singer Marianne Faithfull, icon of the swinging sixties, dies aged 78
Singer Marianne Faithfull, best known for the song As Tears Go By, and an icon of the swinging sixties, has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson for the singer has said.