George Bernard Shaw was 94 when one of his plays was produced for the first time. Mozart was seven when his first composition was performed in public. Benjamin Franklin was 81 when he framed in the Constitution of the United States. Age has nothing to do with dreams and aspirations. When ...
Fearghal McGarry's Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero (OUP, £25) is a superb biography. Absorbing and convincing, it illuminates far more than its nominal subject. Fergus Campbell's Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland, 1891-1921 (OUP, £55) represents the b...
Benjamin Franklin published a lot of stories, one of which he was the central character. Franklin was approached by a stranger who stopped to admire the family grindstone. He asked to be shown how it worked and offered Ben Franklin an ax to demonstrate. Once his ax was sharp the stranger ...
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