... laureate, Edwin Morgan, and it was an unmissable, life-affirming illustration of how even those coming into their ninth decade can remain alive to the possibilities of new ideas, new projects, new encounters. Morgan was a playful, engaging, modestly-spoken ...

... (emperor among children's publisher) SO here's my annual selection of the best of indigenous has brought out Touch and Feel Christmas (£4.99), a board book for babies with Santa's beard, the reindeer's nose and the shiny baubles to . . well, touch and feel ...

... salary. In fairness, you couldn't quibble with Lawlor's reply of not in the overall context. What was its address in London? Downtown London. Tribunal counsel John Gallagher noted that it seems to me you are waiting for the tribunal to show its hand and ...

... s to purchase a Kavanagh's most inglorious moment as the Rovers' goalkeeper occurred during a Monaghan county new football, but when the new ball was inflated it proved to be out of round and had to be surreptitiously swapped for the Lough Egish ball ...

... bucolic gardai in your local barracks' Thanksgiving, which is for feasting; then comes Christmas itself, for the giving of presents; and finally there is the wassailing of New Year's. As Kathy spoke of such pleasures as Macy's parade, a football game that is ...

... Jackson Bernard's mother, on the other HEAR a heavenly Christmas. Cor na nOg, the RTE children's choir under Blanaid Murphy, will perform a programme of carols and Colin Mawby's `A Heavenly Christmas Tree' next Saturday at St Ann's Church, Dawson St, Dublin ...

... now. So that had an inhibiting effect. Once I got to London it wasn't as oppressive. Because that sense of sexual liberation was there, even in the Fifties. So did Richard take full advantage of the new-found opportunities for sexual indulgence? Absolutely ...

... unlinked and nature dislocated. How can something as natural as eating and drinking be so complicated, asks Nicci Gerrard THE new year has begun and all over the world people are standing on their bathroom scales making resolutions to lose weight. Try this ...

... Open (1890), was born. And it was on Christmas Eve 1953 that Golf Illustrated devoted its cover to a familiar smiling face with strong, even teeth and steely, penetrating eyes. The magazine proclaimed: Our Christmas honours go to the Golfer of the Decade ...

... concern for Leinster and again the mayhem that was the Leinster scrum on Friday illustrated their plight. Ricky Nebbett will hope that the move works out for himself and his new team. He joined Leicester from Harlequins three years ago, but was frustrated ...

... the publisher of my old magazine, I merely wish Sunday Independent readers a Merrier Christmas than Messrs Blunkett and Hoggart are likely to have, and a very Happy New Year. Some people surely can't wait to draw a line under the year that's ending and ...

... burst into tears when my father had to go to work for a while in London, Niall tells me. For his grandmother, a move to London was akin to a death in the family. Nowadays, a move to London is something most Irish third-level graduates consider, but for ...