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I couldn’t help but wonder… if Big could hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity, why couldn’t he hold space for me?

Cork singer Lyra on domestic violence: ‘We have all heard the stories, but it’s now about getting the action’ irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

Portrait of Lydia Foy by Amanda Dunsmore wins National Gallery’s AIB Portrait Prize irishtimes.com/culture/art/20… via Irish Times Culture

‘It doesn’t have to be them or us’: Teachers behind new book of refugees’ stories want to challenge stereotypes irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via Irish Times Culture

Oprah Winfrey discusses Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These: ‘I had never heard of the Magdalene laundries’ irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Today is #ChristmasCardDay and in what has become a bit of a tradition, we wanted to share some of our Cuala Press Christmas Cards with you ✨Such as this one by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats with a poem by An Craoibhín (Douglas Hyde) and this one with a poem by Louis H. Brindley.

tell the truth…

bleeding heart doves

The Coronas at 3Olympia: Arms swaying, hands clapping, confetti flying – loyal Dublin fans lap it up irishtimes.com/culture/music/…

The Guildford Four’s Paddy Armstrong: ‘People thought I was going to be bitter and twisted when I came out of prison’ 50 years on from his arrest, Paddy spoke to me about adjusting to life post release and seeing himself depicted on stage. irishtimes.com/culture/stage/…

the party is today

Art by Victoria Villasana #giselepelicot

This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.

Mam’s Christmas cake, sausages, walks on the beach and pints: readers on what’s best about coming home for Christmas irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

St Stephen's Day Wren Boys by Jack Yeats Lissadell collection

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Our current weather conditions remind us of Elizabeth's colophon at the end of her first book at Dun Emer in 1903: 'In The Seven Woods'. Stay safe, everyone!

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