Person: Simone de Beauvoir

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columnists

Suzanne Harrington: Lady masks may have slipped during lockdown, but we don't have to put them back on

A favourite insult amongst my relatives is ‘your lipstick is crooked.’ The other day, about to meet friends for the first time in forever, mine really was. It had been so long since I’d put any on that I drew outside the lines.

general

When dust is your only company during Covid-19 lockdown

home and gardens

Prolongedpuberty may be key to a long life

business

Hooks are out for George as outrage follows outdated views

business

Dining out on the dignity of a time-honoured tradition

general

City of light... and dark

Irish researcher proves there is a lot more to ‘selfies’ than meets the eye

Groundbreaking research into the social phenomenon of the selfie is being carried out in Ireland. And it’s showing there’s a lot more to selfies than meets the eye.

Sun, 03 Jul, 2016

Book review: At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, And Apricot Cocktails

SARAH BAKEWELL is the author of How To Live, in which she mined the essays of Montaigne to create a self-help manual for the 21st century. 

Sat, 09 Apr, 2016

Reading between the lines of a lonely and loveless life

The Library of Unrequited Love, Sophie Divry (translated by Sián Reynolds), Maclehose Press, £6.99; Kindle, £2.57

Sat, 18 Jan, 2014

From troubled relationships sprung some of the best women’s writing

Between the Sheets: Nine 20th century Women Writers and their Famous Literary Partnerships

Sat, 25 Aug, 2012

Where have all the real models gone?

BACK in the day, fashion models were mostly refined young ladies taking a twirl on the catwalk before Mr Right swept them up the aisle to a life of privileged obscurity.

Mon, 18 Jun, 2012

One cool pirate

WHEN Johnny Depp thinks about what it is he does for a living and how well he’s paid for it, he has to laugh.

Sat, 14 May, 2011

Writers as lousy lovers

Between the Sheets: The Literary Liaisons of Nine 20th-Century Women Writers

Sat, 22 May, 2010

Depp to appear alongside wife in new movie

Johnny Depp is to star with lover Vanessa Paradis on the big screen.

Thu, 25 Feb, 2010

France breathes easy as smoking ban to be extended

THE smoky cafe, essence of the French lifestyle to many, will be but a hazy memory from next week.

Sat, 29 Dec, 2007

French set for culture shock as smoking ban looms

The smoky cafe, essence of the French lifestyle to many, will be but a hazy memory from next week.

Fri, 28 Dec, 2007