Person: Chaucer

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Handshakes at the UN - Iran photo opportunity

The decision to toss our head of state into the boiling political pot of the Middle East might or might not have been a piece in its campaign to win a 12-month seat on the United Nations Security Council. Look, here’s our man at the UN shaking hands with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, and there he is enjoying a bilateral chat with Lebanon’s president!

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Bordering on confusion: Why we mustn't forget history and our conflicting identities

home and gardens

Let the frequency of your joy vibrate with the frequency of spring

Listen out for the bittern boom

Rip-off Ireland’s service with a sour puss at crazy prices will not cut it

general

Book review: Alfred Hitchcock

Book review: Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger

Sat, 21 Feb, 2015

Moore gets nod for Chaucer in Derby

Aidan O’Brien has finalised his jockey bookings for Saturday’s Investec Derby with Ryan Moore picking up the mount on Geoffrey Chaucer.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2014

Chaucer earns tilt at Trophy

Geoffrey Chaucer provided Aidan O’Brien with his thirteenth victory in the Group 2 Juddmonte Beresford Stakes when getting the better of stable-companion Oklahoma City in yesterday’s feature at the Curragh.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2013

Thought-provoking argument suggests feathered friends are no birdbrains

Bird Sense, What it’s like to be a bird

Sat, 14 Jul, 2012

Venice: Hub of our world

IF he wrote about the tribulations of turnip growing or the life story of, say, Noel Dempsey, Peter Ackroyd would still produce a bestseller.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2010

Song thrush defends its musical title

JUST before the solstice, I spent a few days on the shores of Carlingford Lough. There was quite a good dawn chorus in the morning, to which the outstanding contributors were not the usual robins, but song thrushes. Although thrushes begin singing early in the year, the Carlingford ones were ahead of themselves, in full voice before the year had even turned. These fine vocalists have become scarce over much of the country but they seem to be thriving on the Cooley peninsula.

Mon, 31 Dec, 2007

A songbird that’s full of surprises

Richard Collins is fascinated by the colourful habits of dunnocks.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2007

Global terrorism and the failure of democracy

IF we believe in the merits of our Western civilisation, founded in the universities of medieval Christian Europe, we must now demonstrate them by drawing upon the accumulated wisdom of past generations in seeking to meet the deadly threat posed to us by the suicide bomber.

Wed, 27 Jul, 2005

They’re just city rebels without a cause

HARRY MCGEE takes us on a nice trip down memory lane in his column (Irish Examiner, February 7).

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004