Imagine a world where “Alice in Wonderland” characters mingle with limerick legends such as “an old man with an owl” and the ...

In 1846, a book of nonsense written by Edward Lear was first published ... along with raising the limerick to a new art form, Lear also distinguished himself as one of the first great author ...

Jenny Uglow, Edward Lear’s most sensitive biographer to date ... Uglow wisely analyses this limerick: There was an Old Man of Nepaul From his horse had a terrible fall But though quite split in two, ...

Angus Davidson’s Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1938 ... usually convey some mysterious sense of happiness. That’s true of this limerick, where the picture that goes with it shows ...

Like everyone who comes to Edward Lear's natural history paintings after his nonsense poems, I was completely bowled over," says Jenny Uglow, whose new biography, Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense, ...

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Perhaps because he is the baby of the Windsor family, Prince Edward has usually remained in the shadow of his older siblings. But as he celebrates his 61st birthday today, royal watchers are ...

“The move to U20 and the level of physicality and maturity required at senior inter-county now has meant players need more time." The morning after Limerick’s 2022 All-Ireland success, John ...

The fifth and latest scheme to assist working families and renters to transition into homeownership has been launched. Limerick City and County Council has announced the launch of its initiative ...