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Travel > Ireland Travel destinations: Ireland

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In this current economic climate it is often too difficult to even contemplate planning a family holiday which involves the expense of plane travel, accommodation, food and then entertainment on top of that. However, if you are fortunate enough to be able to plan such an expedition then I will attempt to provide you with some... More..

Arts & Humanities > British Literature Gender issues in Victorian novels

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The fin de sicle witnessed the emergence of the New Woman and according to literary professor, Sally Ledger, "[c]ontemporary with the new socialism, the new imperialism, the new fiction and the new journalism she was part of that concatenation of cultural novelties which manifested itself in the 1880s and 1890s" (Ledger, 1997... More..

Celebrations & Holidays > St. Patrick's Day Foods traditionally eaten on St. Patrick's Day

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The first St Patrick's Day parade was not held in Ireland at all but in fact in the new home of many Irish people, New York City in the 18th century. Traditionally the festival in Ireland was a religious one, a holy day of obligation which meant mass was an essential start to the day with an early service for people so that t... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas Commentary: Feminist (gender) criticism is still necessary

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The question of whether feminist criticism is still necessary leads me to reflect on a play called Trifles written in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. It is set in an isolated farmhouse where the murder of the farmer, John Wright has taken place. Three men, a court attorney, the sheriff and a local farmer come to the house to gather e... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas Literature versus popular fiction

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Popular literature has been defined by the left-wing critic Raymond Williams as "deliberately setting out to win favour". He describes it as "low and base" and "well-liked by many people" thus inferring that mass popularity means sacrificing quality. The influential twentieth-century British critics QD and FR Leavis went so f... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Infertility What not to say to a woman dealing with infertility

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Helping a friend cope with IVFAs infertility is such a common problem everyone will know someone experiencing some level of difficulty. Oftentimes we are not aware that the couple are even trying but there are tell-tale signs which indicate that a problem exists. It is difficult to know how to deal with such a sensitive issue... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Learning to drive

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Oh my God...learning to drive was one of the most hideous and depressing ongoing episodes of my life. My father was a driving instructor during this period and basically that was the root of the problem. As a perfectionist my father was rather disinclined to comprehend how anyone could possibly be incapable of following his c... More..

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