Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Death and taxes may be inevitable, but the business of death is changing.Funeral homes that have been around for decades have been closing around San Francisco as sons and daughters of owners pursue other careers. Morticians are cashing out in the hot real estate market by selling their building sites for bigger housing developments. Duggan’s…
Celebrations at Dublin Castle after the abortion referendum results were announced on Saturday.CreditJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images DUBLIN — Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world’s more restrictive abortion bans, the prime minister said Saturday, sweeping aside generations of conservative patriarchy and dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman…
Theresa May has faced calls to push for reform of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws after the Irish referendum. If the landslide indicated by exit poll data in Ireland is confirmed, Northern Ireland will soon become the only part of Britain and Ireland where terminations are all but outlawed. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said…
Exit poll shows a huge vote in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment Asked when they decided how to vote, 75pc said they ‘always knew’ The only age cohort to vote No were those aged 65 and over Asked what factors influenced their vote, 43pc cited people’s personal stories in media FF is only major…
Clattering around London with a wheelie suitcase, even a small one, is a faff – when it gets caught on the kerb or when you have to manoeuvre it up the stairs at the train station. Yesterday, I spent the day dragging my case around – from home on to the bus, to a hospital…
In order for the UK to enact its post-Brexit immigration policies and leave the single market, it must be able to control its borders. It is impossible to overstate the horror with which such a wall between the north and south would be greeted scald=4585456:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=4585456 St Patrick’s Day celebrations:…
The football was predictable. Nil-nil at half time, little drama. The politics were a different story, shock still reverberating from the Brexit vote among fans of all stripes at an ex-pat pub in New York on Saturday. Related: Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 Many had voted against type….
Ireland has just repealed thousands of antiquated laws, including talking smack about Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. I woke up this morning at my home in Ireland and cooked myself a big bowl of oatmeal. I then went outside and shouted at the top of my voice, “Anne Boleyn is a whore and King Henry…