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Caroline O'Donoghue: 7 things about long relationships

Caroline O'Donoghue: 7 things about long relationships

— right now, we’re in a phase of playing video games, haggling on Facebook Marketplace for used furniture, and getting through

Sun, 29 Nov, 2020

Caroline O'Donoghue: Five things to remember about everyone's mental health

Caroline O'Donoghue: Five things to remember about everyone's mental health

"This time, it’s not about our own personal mental health. It’s everybody else’s."

Sun, 22 Nov, 2020

Columnist - Caroline O'Donoghue in London.

Caroline O'Donoghue: 5 things about moving house

I am tits-deep in the mess of human life — I am moving house

Sat, 14 Nov, 2020

Cropped portrait of young female student learning on-line using generic laptop computer. Dark-skinned business woman sitting in

Caroline O'Donoghue: 6 pieces of novel writing advice from a published author

Here’s Caroline's advice for getting into writing a novel

Wed, 04 Nov, 2020

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Caroline O'Donoghue: The SHARE hut, the Gingerbread House, Freakscene - 14 things I miss about my Cork

"It was the kind of long, slow, teenage mooching that seems to exist in a different time zone."

Sun, 25 Oct, 2020

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my new test teaser

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Columnist - Caroline O'Donoghue in London.

Caroline O'Donoghue: Five sources of utter delight I experienced today

Insist on delight. Grab it where you can. Seize this little wedge of time and refuse to let some old Victorian feel sorry for you.

Sat, 17 Oct, 2020

Caroline O'Donoghue: 7 things about hotel rooms

Caroline O'Donoghue: 7 things about hotel rooms

In which our columnist measures her relationship to hotels in the Covid era in terms of decadence, escape, and the little tea/coffee thing in the wardrobe.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Little girl at home, beautiful toddler

Caroline O'Donoghue: the six types of crying, ranked best to worst

A certified connoisseur of crying takes us through the best and worst of cathartic weeps

Sat, 26 Sep, 2020

Caroline O'Donoghue: Seven pledges to my single friends

Caroline O'Donoghue: Seven pledges to my single friends

Most people, contrary to popular belief, don’t want their friends to ‘solve’ them. They just want to have their lives acknowledged.

Sun, 20 Sep, 2020