Person: Leo Tolstoy

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National response required on issue of drugs in our society, priests tells Keane Mulready-Woods' funeral

"I hope that his death will be a warning to other young teenagers who are been groomed by the ruthless criminals, that the promise of money and gifts will inevitably end in tragedy."

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Family poverty - One-parent homes need more support

Readers do not need to plough through very much of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina to find one of the writer’s most profound observations on the human condition. It opens the novel: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

farming

Livestock life-cycle emissions were incorrectly compared to transport exhaust emissions

How did the world’s ruminant animals become Public Enemy No 1 for many in the climate change debate?

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Book review: How To Write Like Tolstoy

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Funeral of Aidan O’Driscoll hears of the ‘futility of violence’

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Book review: Expecting: The Inner Life Of Pregnancy

Bernard Rose is taking Frankenstein to Hollywood

IN BERNARD Rose’s latest film, he transplants Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, to contemporary Los Angeles, but it was a different type of Frank that propelled the cult director on his career. 

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016

Fiction: The books we say we’ve read

You might expect hefty Russian tome War And Peace to be the book that people are most likely to have lied about reading. 

Thu, 04 Feb, 2016

Book review: The American Lover

Rose Tremain is one of England’s most significant writers. She’s won The Orange Prize; The Whitbread and the The James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She spoke to Sue Leonard about her latest collection of short stories.    

Sat, 10 Jan, 2015

Getting to grips with influential books — in 9th century alphabet

Most of us have been asked how many of the world’s 100 most influential books we have read — but how many could identify them when written in Georgian using the 9th century Nuskhuri alphabet?

Sat, 27 Jul, 2013

Knightley 'couldn't stand up' after catching pleurisy in filming

Keira Knightley caught pleurisy through overworking.

Tue, 15 Jan, 2013

Movie Reviews: Anna Karenina, Lawless, That’s My Boy

Anna Karenina, 3/5

Sun, 09 Sep, 2012

Bridging the gaps in McGahern’s journey to becoming a great writer

Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

Sat, 21 Apr, 2012

Silence is golden for the artist

The black-and-white silent film The Artist came away with the most prizes with three wins at the Golden Globes, but the show spread the love around among a broad range of films and TV shows.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2012

Law in line for role in classic novel adaptation

Jude Law is in talks to play Aaron Johnson's love rival in 'Anna Karenina'.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2011

The uncrowned Tsar of Russia

Tolstoy: A Russian Life

Sat, 11 Dec, 2010

Oprah picks Dickens classics for book club

Oprah Winfrey has decided that it is the best of times for Charles Dickens.

Mon, 06 Dec, 2010

‘The Last Station’ a handsome costume drama

In 1910 Russia, Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy), the newly appointed private secretary to the great Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), arrives at the writer’s estate — the battleground for a very public war.

Fri, 18 Jun, 2010

Impressive cast elevates 'The Last Station'

A star-studded cast and two Oscar nods – for Plummer and Mirren – in this, obviously, literate story concerning the last year in the life of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

Fri, 19 Feb, 2010

Unwelcome visitors - Alien species a threat to native fauna

MANY of us were lucky enough to have spent some time in the countryside over the bank holiday weekend.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2009

Gay Nazi movie triumphs at Rome film festival

A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honours at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2009

The tsar versus the emperor

BOOKS that genuinely break new ground don’t come along very often, and even then they tend to be academic rather than reader-friendly.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2009

Books we don’t read - It’s never too late

ONE of the surreal characters created by Myles na gCopaleen offered a service for those who wished to appear well-read but would rather play golf, go the pub or watch the footie.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2009

Irish actress to star in Tolstoy biopic

Irish actress Anne Marie Duff joins a quality line-up for the shooting in Germany and Russia of the Leo Tolstoy bio 'The Last Season'.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2008

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