Auld Lang Syne on the cello with my dog. Happy New Year from Ireland!

Bertrand Russell’s timeless message to future generations

There was a time when you could see the core structure of the twin towers.... In the early 1970s, New Yorkers witnessed a surreal sight: the skeletal cores of the World Trade Center towers piercing the skyline before their outer walls were completed. The image shows the “core

This guy recorded himself walking around a Blockbuster for a movie night in 1993 and it's pure nostalgia

This is the first known motion picture, filmed in 1888 by French inventor Louis Le Prince.

England in 1903. Whoever filmed this had no idea what a beautiful gift they were capturing for the future.

Borgund Stave Church, built around 1180 using Viking-era joinery with almost no metal nails, has stood for over 800 years — all held together by wood.

How popcorn actually pops

John Ringham in classic Terry's Chocolate Orange advert from 1983 (Raiders of the Lost Ark parody) Ha now who can remember this ad? It all looked brilliant and magical as a 4 year old at the time.😂Loved it! John Ringham was a brilliant character actor & I never forgot this ad!

Big screen 20".

Wow

La Sagrada Família el 1910

Photo of the interior including rococo stucco ceiling of the Apollo room of Tracton House on the corner of Merrion Row and St Stephens Green. Building was completed around 1744 and demolished for the current Bank of Ireland building around 1912.

🤣Dying! Someone replaced The Spice Girls’ vocals and removed the music.🤣😂🤣 H/T: sergiolotauro

Senior officials of Dublin Corporation used every stratagem in their arsenal to build new civic offices at Wood Quay, right in the heart of the medieval city. And now, incredibly, their successors want to walk away from it all, writes Frank McDonald irishtimes.com/culture/art/20…

Every line of government spending was long ago restored to 2008 levels, and all are now far above those levels. Yet emergency personal tax measures put in place to address a crisis almost 20 ago are still in place. Only surprising thing is that one or more political parties does

This rare photo of Napoleon III and Victoria taken during the Crimean War in 1855. It is the only known photo of a British Monarch and a French Monarch together.

A huge share of employees in Ireland fall into the top personal (income) tax band, levied at over 50% all in. This means that the government takes more of any pay increase and additional non-salary income than the individual does. This regime, in place for 18 years, is a brutal

Ireland ranked among worst countries for income tax burden on workers independent.ie/business/perso…

The fountain that shows date and time. Czech Republic.