Getting to grips with the bigger questions

There can’t be too many figures of historical significance whose birthday is about to be celebrated with a curry, many hundreds of years after their death.

But such is the legacy of the philosopher Plato that a unique banquet is planned for his official birthday on Monday, May 21.

Curry and a pint isn’t all there is to it. This auspicious date has also been planned for the launch of West Cork’s first philosophical society, scheduled to take place at Skibbereen’s West Cork Hotel.