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‘Might you be Jackie Coogan’s brother?’

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 It was not only Winston Churchill who was cross and embarrassed at Clare Sheridan’s adventures in Moscow, London society was both alarmed and intrigued. It was surprised that a member of its upper class should have ventured alone into the viper’s nest. She was invited to balls and receptions mainly as a curiosity. One hostess told her outright that she was nothing but ‘a Bolshevik’, and a suspicion persisted that she was a spy, a fact that Clare did little to contradict. But despite a critical reception on the surface, her book From Mayfair to Moscow* was eagerly snapped up.

How the Bolsheviks got one up on Churchill

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Even among the supreme leaders of Soviet Russia in the 1920s there was fear. When Clare Sheridan, the sculptor who spent her latter years in Galway, was leaving the Moscow War Ministry late one night accompanied by the powerful head of the Red Army and Commissar for Military Affairs, Leon Trotsky, armed soldiers on the bridge at the Neva, stood out on the road, and stopped their car.

Buccaneers talisman to fore as Ireland qualify for Olympic Games

MICHAEL SILKE

Connacht sign talented young South African

Connacht have added a third overseas player to their squad for next season with the recruitment of South African Shayne Bolton.

West of Ireland to host leg of 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

Ireland will once again host a leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on September 12 2021 at Downpatrick Head in County Mayo, broadcasting across the globe live on Red Bull TV. The series was last held in the west in 2017. Pictured during that series is Sergio Guzman of Mexico diving from the 27.5 metre platform during the first rounds of the first stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Serpent`s Lair, Inis Mor.

Ford to stop making the Mondeo model from next year

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Ford recently confirmed that it will stop production of the Mondeo from the end of March 2022.

Ford to stop making the Mondeo from 2022

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Ford has recently confirmed it will stop producing the Mondeo from the end of March 2022.

Life as a travel influencer couple in Mexico

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Mexico has become a mecca for travel influencers, jet-setting celebrities and hippies as they flock to Tulum on the Caribbean coast. This beach resort town on the "Mayan Riviera" is booming from an influx of tourists and remote workers, not without some controversy.

Travel trends — what to expect in 2021

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By Fergal O'Keeffe

SockerClub Season 2 has arrived

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It is the moment for which football fans all over the globe have been waiting; the big kick off for Season 2 of SockerClub.

 

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