Bookworm

‘A vague feeling of melancholy . . . tempered by . . . relief’, eh? If the prospect of your kids going back to school elicits the latter rather than […]

Museum Eye

National Museum of Scotland Chamber Street, Edinburgh +44 (0)131 247 4422, info@nms.ac.uk Mon.–Sat. 10am–5pm, Sun. 12pm–5pm by Tony Canavan The opening of the National Museum of Scotland coincided with the […]

Film Eye: The Wind that Shakes the Barley

The Wind that Shakes the Barley Director: Ken Loach by Brian Hanley Film reviews by historians should carry a warning. Aside from the array of personal, political and other prejudices […]

From the files of the DIB…‘A veritable tragedy of family likeness’

WILDE, William Charles Kingsbury (1852–99), journalist, was born 26 September 1852 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir William Wilde, surgeon and antiquary, and his wife, the poet and journalist ‘Speranza’ […]

South: Shackleton film at IFI

Interest in Ernest Shackleton has been renewed recently, thanks in partto a successful exhibition held last year at the National Museum,Collins Barracks. South (80 mins) is a record of Shackleton’s […]