The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer'The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt caked, storm tossed, wine dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' GuardianThe epic tale of Odysseus and his ten year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats ship wrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea god Poseidon Odysseus must

000 workers in Dublin in 1913

Allison runs away from a troubled home life and takes up in an elderly woman's shed

Here are the real human stories of what it is like to be forced to flee your home

to those when you just need a little lift

Peter and Phyllis are shattered

Discover the REVOLUTIONARY that was CONSTANCE MARKIEVICZ

The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'

about its complex and controversial implementation

and what it means to be a woman at war

All seems set for success until the arrival of May's unconventional cousin Ellen Olenska

A life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to deal with real personal dilemmas

he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness