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In order to reframe the questions that arise from his encounter with the Gitanjali, Yeats does subtly undermine the dichotomy ...

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As in the gold mosaic of a wall, Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, And be the singing-masters of my soul. William Butler Yeats, widely considered one of the greatest poets of the English ...

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Con Power, the former property correspondent with the Irish Independent, has died at the age of 79. He was widely respected ...

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The Private Collection of Mary and Alan Hobart – Pioneers of Modern British and Irish Art realised a total of £5,988,024.

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The Rt Revd Lord Harries of Pentregarth is a former Bishop of Oxford. This is an edited extract from his book Wounded I Sing: ...