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You’re not betraying the feminist cause by revelling in the pleasure of finding the perfect shade of red lipstick

If you don’t care about clothes then you shouldn’t feel pressured into conforming and similarly, you shouldn’t feel compelled to wear cosmetics in order to be a ‘real woman’, writes Louise O'Neill

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

Life going swimmingly for Levy since unexpected success of her fifth novel

Black Vodka & Other Stories

Sat, 29 Jun, 2013

Nigerians strike over fuel hike

Normally bustling streets were empty as trade unions began a paralysing national strike in oil-rich Nigeria today, angered by soaring fuel prices and decades of government corruption.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2012

Le Carre requests to be taken off Booker shortlist

THRILLER writer John Le Carre has asked that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.

Thu, 31 Mar, 2011

Banville shortlisted for Man Booker International Prize

IRELAND’S John Banville has been pitched against literary heavyweights Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and 13 other writers from around the world in the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize.

Sat, 14 Apr, 2007