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Roisin Kiberd: ‘Beauty is a very weighty subject... it can be cruel and manipulative but it can also be art’
The journalist and writer’s new essay collection dissects the concepts of beauty and identity in the present age
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- 25 Aug 2026, 05:11 UTC
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- The Irish Times
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- Ireland
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- 25 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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- Byline
- Aoife Barry
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The journalist and writer’s new essay collection dissects the concepts of beauty and identity in the present age
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Roisin Kiberd: ‘Beauty is a very weighty subject... it can be cruel and manipulative but it can also be art’
The journalist and writer’s new essay collection dissects the concepts of beauty and identity in the present age
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- #2258
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- 25 Aug 2026, 05:11 UTC
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