Sugar Rationing in Ireland in the 1940s

Sugar Rationing in Ireland in the 1940s

Extracted from the Northern Standard concerning sugar rationing, smuggling, etc. Complete access to all articles on this website for €12 / year...
Violet Gibson – The Irish Aristocrat Who Shot Mussolini

Violet Gibson – The Irish Aristocrat Who Shot Mussolini

The astonishing story of a Dublin-born gentlewoman, who attempted to assassinate Mussolini when she was fifty years old, and her connection to – and eventual rejection by - one of Ireland’s most distinguished legal families. Complete access to all articles on this...
Gottfried Helnwein – Head Above the Cuckoo’s Nest (2000)

Gottfried Helnwein – Head Above the Cuckoo’s Nest (2000)

Extracts from this interview were used for features in Irish Tatler and The Dubliner. See the feature on him in Tatler here.     James Fennell and I met Gottfried Helnwein on a bleak and blackened Wednesday afternoon shortly before Christmas 2000. He was at his castle...
The German Boy & the Irish Soldier

The German Boy & the Irish Soldier

Heinz Johannsen is on a mission. He wants you to help him find an Irishman called Pat. He has a photo of the man which says ‘best wishes from Pat’ on the back. But other than that there’s not a lot else to go on. Pat was ‘a gentleman’, says Heinz, with ‘a nice voice’,...