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MINI’s new Countryman has all bases covered
Morgan Flanagan Creagh reviews the latest range of Countryman offerings from Mini It’s been a very long time since the Mini was actually mini and the beefed-up Countryman is the biggest of the range. The big Mini has had some design updates for 2020 and a plug-in hybrid system. It’s also available with two petrol…
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A talk with … Bianca Divito
Lead artist at Divito Studios, Bianca Divito is an award-winning stained-glass designer and conservator, hailing from Co Wicklow. Having worked on the conservation of priceless stained glass windows throughout Europe, her deep understanding of her craft led her to experiment with outdoor installations, as well as innovative techniques and materials — including airbrushing, Swarovski crystals…
Read MoreMindo Cartoon – 16 July 2020
Belgium knows how to restart its economy when the chips are down
And so we move with cautious optimism towards an era that may not yet be described as ‘post-Covid-19’, but could perhaps more accurately be described as a ‘somewhat less Covid-19-ish halfway house’, although this is not catchy enough to make the tabloids. Nevertheless, we seem to be in a different place now and conversations are…
Read MoreBMW turn up the dial with the latest M5
Morgan Flanagan Creagh reviews the new BMW M5 Competition, the most performance-focused version of their flagship M-car to date Late last year, BMW brought me to Mondello Park to test their M2, M4 and the big daddy M5. The 591bhp, 4.4-litre BMW M5 was definitely the fastest car I have ever driven in a straight…
Read MoreA talk with … Sarah Harvey
The Medical Independent talks to Sarah Harvey, a London-based painter known for herlarge-scale depictions of figures immersed in water. Sarah Harvey’s work has been shortlisted for, and has been the recipient of, many awards, including the Insight Investment Newcomers Award from the Royal Academy of London. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in…
Read MoreMindo Cartoon – 2 July 2020
Tears for fears — also grief, joy, laughter and onions
Welcome to an installment of the Dorsal View that is more visual than usual, as we examine some of the work of photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher, who took a very, very close look at the composition of dried human tears, with some intriguing results. Her ‘Topography of Tears’ project involved using electron-scanning microscopes to examine dried…
Read MoreFood that is difficult to resist
Tom Doorley on the benefits of resistant starch The sense of wellbeing induced by carrying a basket of fresh produce from the garden into the kitchen the other day was a reward for all the hard work during the darker, colder days of the year. And while we eat with both our eyes and our…
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