‘Freak pictures’: Ireland’s art revolutionaries who were treated so badly one fled to a nunnery

They were artistic trailblazers, bringing modernism to the then deeply conservative country. But Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett faced huge hostility. Now a thrilling new show is celebrating their brilliance – and determinationTwo oils on canvas hang toge...

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‘I don’t want migrants to give up hope’: why Nicola Kelly ‘betrayed’ her ex-colleagues at the Home Office

Kelly has been called a traitor for leaving her government job to write about immigration. But, she says, something has to be done about the chaos and injusticeOne of the migrants who sticks most in Nicola Kelly’s mind is Parwen, an Iraqi Kurdish mothe...

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