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Irish Examiner
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Limerick to host exhibition of Richard Harris's never-seen-before memorabilia
A new exhibition is set to bring never-seen-before memorabilia of Richard Harris back to his native Limerick. From 'Dickie to Richard' - Richard Harris: Role of a Lifetime' is the first ever public exhibition of items drawn from the actor's own collection, including personal letters and annotated scripts to rare photographs, poetry, recordings, and sporting memorabilia. A collaboration between the Harris Family, the Hunt Museum and University College Cork (UCC), the immersive exhibition will draw on the treasures of the Harris Archive, donated by the actor's family to UCC in 2022. The exhibition will run at the Hunt Museum in Limerick city from July 4 to November 16. Speaking on behalf of the family, Damien, Jared and Jamie Harris, said: 'Richard was a prolific writer and kept everything: Poems. Short stories. Scripts. Whether finished or works in progress. This exhibition gives people a sense of the depth and humour behind the public image. It means a lot to us to see it here in Limerick.' Barry Monahan, Department of Film & Screen Media, University College Cork, said the exhibition "offers the public – fans of Richard, of the arts, and of Irish culture – a wonderful glimpse into the mind and creative energy of this impressive and enigmatic Irishman, and it sheds light on the times and places in which he lived and worked.' CEO of the Hunt Museum, Teresa Crowley described the exhibition as a 'homecoming for Richard'. 'It not only honours his extraordinary career but celebrates his Limerick, Munster, and Irish roots, offering the public a unique opportunity to explore his artistic and sporting world in the city where his journey began,' Ms Crowley said. In addition to the main exhibition, an exciting series of public talks, film screenings, and events will accompany the show throughout its run with full details to be announced in the coming weeks. The Richard Harris International Film Festival Meanwhile, last October, The Richard Harris International Film Festival (RHIFF) in Limerick had to be postponed due to 'financial constraints'. The festival, which has been running for over a decade, was due to take place from October 23-28. RHIFF festival director, Zeb Moore, told the Irish Examiner: 'We're delighted to see the arrival of the exhibition to the home of Richard Harris. We are looking forward to possible collaborations over the tenure of the exhibition.' The RHIFF did not secure any State funding in 2023 or 2024, which put a strain on resources. Despite what was described as a "setback", the team behind the festival said they are still exploring all avenues so the event can go ahead in October 2025. 'We look forward to welcome back our international guests to the city and showcase what Limerick and the surrounding regions have to offer to the film industry,' Mr Moore added. Over the years, RHIFF has grown into one of Ireland's premier film festivals, showcasing more than 1,000 films, including Irish and international features, shorts, documentaries, and animation. From 2017 to 2019, the festival was selected by the Department of Foreign Affairs to represent Ireland at the Global Irish Festival Series. The festival has been recognised for its programming, which includes special tributes to Richard Harris, workshops, and panels that offer insights into the world of cinema. Last year, actor Jamie Dornan was honoured by the festival for "outstanding talent". Read More Jared Harris 'delighted' the Richard Harris Archives have found a home in Cork
Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Ask Rachel: I fantasise about my wife cuckolding me
Dear Rachel, I am intrigued by your reference to a future column on cuckolding. I am 40, my wife is 39, and I have fantasised her cuckolding me for many years. Recently I have dreamt of it in my sleep and, while in the dream I didn't see who she was sleeping with, it was a real turn on – so much so I actually told her about my 'strange dream'. She seemed surprised but not offended, and it has given me some hope that one day she will do it. I look forward to the column. – Stuart Dear Rachel, In your latest column you mentioned that you might discuss 'cuckolding'. My wife and I have been happily married for 15 years and have a happy and fulfilling sex life. Prior to marriage we both had reasonably extensive sexual experience. Over the past year or two we have semi-jokingly (when a bit drunk) discussed my wife having sex with another man. Personally I would find this a real turn on, as long as I was present. I really don't understand why husbands are so against this! We have not made any firm plans and I'm not sure how to take it forwards. – Richard Dear Stuart and Richard, Like trade deals and buses, nothing for ages and then two enquiries about 'cuckolding' come along at once! We've decided to stack them and deal with both at the same time as part of my general efficiency drive during the ongoing cost of living crisis. Both husbands declare themselves aroused by the prospect of watching their wives having sex with another man. Shades of Readers' Wives (a popular feature in Fiesta or was it Razzle? I'm sure I will find out below the dreaded line in due course), but just to say: this topic did come up in conversation right at the beginning, ie over a year ago, with my wing-woman, the therapist Sophie Laybourne. She let slip (we were talking about something else, bound to have been erectile dysfunction, loss of desire, one of the hardy perennials) that she'd had a call from a man who wanted to be treated for 'cuckold syndrome'. As I have lived sheltered life – that's my story and I'm sticking to it – I went, ' Cuckold syndrome?' Then she dished. I hope you're sitting comfortably. In summary, it is not uncommon to find couples who are turned on by watching their partners have sex with others (usually men). The male whose partner is receiving attentions from a third party is the cuckold (cuck for short). The female partner is the 'hotwife'or 'sharedwife' (there are also sites for hotwives) and the male brought into service the hotwife is, I'm afraid, hilariously known as the bull. At this point I dissolved into helpless laughter. The bull! After I'd wiped my eyes, Laybourne continued. There are obvious aspects of the threesome to this if the hotwife/sharedwife, cuckold and bull are all present. It can, for example, lead to something called 'reclamation sex' where the cuckold takes over stud duties after 'the bull' has finished. This, I am told, is a thing. There are even swinger parties ('often in Bristol') where the dynamic is designed to provoke and inflame the various parties. The designated bull, say, ignores the appointed hotwife (also known as cuckoldress, although 'cow' would work if you think about it) and freelances with someone else. Or the cuckold changes his mind and withdraws consent when he sees the bull eyeing a different member of the herd than the designated hotwife. Laybourne concluded by pointing to a cuckolding scene in first season of The Girlfriend Experience (me neither) where 'this masochistic aspect is explicit'. She added, 'I find it hard to believe that Telegraph readers will be getting into this any time soon!' Well, it turns out you are. As with almost everything these days, there are bespoke dating sites for cuckolds (I'll let your fingers do the walking), which I have intrepidly confirmed on your behalf. If you're still keen to investigate or experiment further after reading the above, this is what the helpful site 'Cuckin' advises. If you want, you can find your desired third party on most dating sites, but make sure the site is active (ie check how recently it's been used); that it's not populated by bots, and it's not just men on there, but women aka 'hotwives' too. Take Tinder. According to the Cuckin site: 'The best way to find people who are OK with cuckolding on dating apps like Tinder is to put some nice pictures of you/your wife and put in the bio: looking for a bull/man to join us! You may have a lot of time wasters but once you get through the creeps you will find the perfect bulls and gentleman to play with on there who understand the lifestyle.' In response to each of your letters, in turn: the first correspondent seems to be aroused by voyeurism, and it's not clear to me that his wife shares his enthusiasm. The fact that she didn't scream and run away when he told her his dream doesn't mean she is up to provide a Moulin Rouge -style floor show… with a total stranger. Or even a friend. So he'd better do his due diligence before he finds a bull and stocks up on baby oil and invites him into his house. What if the bull turned out to be a Fred West? Or a Rosemary West? (Yes I've been watching the Netflix series about the Gloucester serial killers). Plus, I heard about a 'fracas' at a swingers event when a cuckold suddenly withdrew consent for a bull to mount his hotwife (gosh these terms are ridiculous) and the Knightsbridge sex party descended into a brawl. As Telegraph readers will know, introducing a third party into a relationship can be combustible. Cuckolding has a long and bloody history dating back to Herodotus, who in his Histories wrote of King Candaules of Lydia, who had the urge to flaunt his gorgeous naked wife to an underling called Gyges. Gyges then killed Candaules and claimed the throne of Lydia in one hell of a cucking.
Mint
a day ago
- Business
- Mint
The tale of an Irish whiskey that paints the town red
'How does one address an Earl?" was the thought swirling through my head as I waited to meet Richard de la Poer Beresford, the Earl of Tyrone and heir to the title of Marquess of Waterford. It turns out I needn't have worried too much about it as the 37-year-old Earl introduces himself as Richard when he walks into Pickwick's at Delhi's Claridge's Hotel with a duffel bag bulging with Irish whiskey and just as many stories about his family. The family's estate is Curraghmore in southwestern Ireland, which is known for producing some of the world's highest-quality malted barley that makes Irish whiskey unique. The estate was part of the land grant made to his ancestor Sir Roger le Puher by Henry II in 1167. It is the oldest family home in Ireland and the largest privately owned property in Ireland running to over 3,500 acres. Since Richard's father, Henry Waterford, the current and 9th Marquess of Waterford, inherited the estate in 2015, several Irish whiskey entrepreneurs had approached the family with requests to build a distillery on site. Richard had always been a whisky enthusiast and collector and the idea, therefore, intrigued the family. Ireland is, after all, whiskey's original home, they grew barley on the estate, and Irish whiskey has been gaining popularity around the world in the past 10 years. In February this year, I visited the Powerscourt Distillery, located within the Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry near Dublin, which makes the lovely Fercullen Falls whiskey. The estate's Powerscourt Gardens were ranked by National Geographic in 2010 as the third best gardens in the world, after Versailles in France and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in the UK, and draw over 300,000 visitors a year. As I toured the visitors' centre, I understood the strategic nature of the distillery's location, sure to get a fair share of the visitors to the gardens itself. It's this kind of thinking as well as the focus on reviving traditional techniques that has made Irish whiskey a standout on the global scene in the past year. That Ireland is where whiskey was first created is a fact even the Scots will grudgingly admit. Irish monks are believed to have made it first, around the 12th century, and then transferred the knowledge to their Scottish brethren. Irish whiskey has historically used oats which adds a creamy flavour to the spirit. The Irish also opt for triple distillation instead of double as the Scots do, which is believed to lead to a smoother spirit. By the middle of the 19th century, nearly 100 distilleries were registered in Ireland, but the industry fell into decline. Apart from the impact of the World Wars, a big reason for the slump was Prohibition in the US, one of the biggest markets for Irish whiskey in the early 20th century. Irish independence from Britain in 1922 also affected access to the UK market. When I first visited Ireland in 2008, there were just two operational distilleries, the Jameson Distillery at Middleton and Cooley's Distillery in County Louth. When I returned in February this year, I found nearly 50 distilleries producing Irish whiskey. All this, along with the desire to diversify estate operations and increase cash flows, encouraged Richard and his father to start a whisky business on their own in 2016. That same year, they launched Curraghmore Single Estate Irish Whiskey, a limited release pot still whiskey, drawing directly from the estate's history, and creating an 'estate-to-bottle" brand. Their whiskey uses barley and oats grown on the estate, which is malted and then shipped off to Great Northern Distillery to be turned into whiskey. Noel Sweeney, a 2017 Whisky Hall of Fame inductee, is their master distiller and a blender with over 30 years of experience. Richard is keen to explore India as a market for his whiskey after his frequent trips to India over the years to play polo in Jaipur, Mumbai, Jodhpur and Delhi, giving him a lot of influential friends to help his cause. Flora, his wife, has worked as a doctor in Tamil Nadu, so India is familiar territory for both of them. And the size of the market and the promise it holds is a draw too: Irish spirits exports to India were at €15.1 million in 2023, an increase of 105% over the previous year, with most of this being whiskey. Earlier this year, Richard launched his second whiskey, the Mad Marquess—and he has a story to go with it that he assures me is true. Henry de la Poer Beresford, the 3rd Marquess of Waterford, was a second son and never expected to inherit. Therefore, with none of the pressures of a title, he could afford to be a bit of a party animal. One night in 1837, he and his friends were returning home on horseback from a day at the races. While paying the toll, the Marquess spotted some red paint and decided to daub it all over the toll gate, the tollkeeper and his friends as a lark. They continued into the town, lashing paint onto the houses and passersby, 'literally painting the town red," laughs Richard. With a story as good as this tucked away in the family archives, it didn't take much for Richard to give his whiskey the name Mad Marquess, an approachable Irish blended whiskey that one hopes to see in shops and bars in India soon. Vikram Achanta is founder and CEO of Tulleeho, a drinks training and consulting company, and co-founder of 30BestBarsIndia. Also read: Banu Mushtaq's recipe for Gobi Manchurian
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Scottish Sun
I was left to rot in rat-infested jail on ‘spying' charges for 100 days with 80 crammed in cell – I thought I would die
Two Brit men were threatened with sexual and physical violence and pushed to the brink HELL ON EARTH I was left to rot in rat-infested jail on 'spying' charges for 100 days with 80 crammed in cell – I thought I would die Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A BRIT dad jailed on unfounded spying charges has told how he was crammed into a tiny rat-infested cell for 100 days. Richard Perham, 30, told The Sun how he and fellow Brit Paul Inch, 50, had been on a four-day job to collect a downed research balloon in Guinea - but ended up in a hellhole jail for three months. 13 Richard Perham (L) and Paul Inch (C) were kept in a Guinea prison for 100 days Credit: PR Handout 13 The two men should have only been in Guinea for four days to recover equipment for Aerostar International Credit: PR Handout 13 Paul said how 'survival became his full time job' Credit: PR Handout 13 Two days into their trip, Richard, from Bristol, and Paul, of Blaenau Ffestiniog, were cuffed and accused of spying, sedition, breaching national defence, and violating airspace by cops. They were thrown into one of West Africa's most overcrowded and dangerous jails - Conakry Central Prison - that operates at 475 per cent of its capacity. The Brits claim they were extorted, threatened with sexual and physical violence, and pushed to the brink - not knowing if or when they were going to get let out. After returning to the UK just over a week ago, Richard recalled the nightmare he has lived since the beginning of the year. He told The Sun: "Day to day we were facing challenges such as hygiene, cramped conditions, distressing things - maybe we were seeing violence. "We were staying in a cell the size of a train carriage - and that was housing about 80 people. "And during the night, when everyone was sleeping, the whole floor was covered with mattresses, people sleeping, two by two, one, two people to one mattress. "[We] were all sharing one toilet, one shower, the place was really unhygienic." To avoid being transferred to a more violent section of the prison, the two Brits were forced to make regular extortion payments to prisoners and staff. There were also no guards stationed inside cell blocks. Moment deported Tren de Aragua gang inmates scream and rattle cells at US officials in notorious El Salvador mega-prison And Richard described how diseases such as malaria were rampant in the hellhole jail. The water was so contaminated they had to disinfect their skin after washing - and both men suffered dehydration, gastrointestinal illnesses, and skin infections. Richard said: "There were open sewers. There were rats running around in the rafters, and you know, sometimes even dropping down and running over us whilst we were sleeping. "It was really difficult, as you can imagine." Brave Richard and Paul thought their nightmare was finally over 60 days later when they were told they were being let go. But at this point, they unknowingly had 82 days of hell to go. 13 The two Brits were in Conakry Central Prison in a cramped cell with 80 others Credit: PR Handout 13 Richard Perham with his baby before the Guinea ordeal Credit: PR Handout 13 Paul Inch endured the ordeal alongside Richard Credit: PR Handout Richard said: "We had the embassy waiting at the gates to collect us. "We packed our things up, we gave away things to other prisoners, and we signed out of the prison. "This all took about an hour and was really emotional. It was really high, and also really nerve wracking. "We hadn't been out of the prison, for, two months at that point. "We got to the outer gate, at which point one of the guards made a phone call to the local prosecutor and we were turned around and marched back in which was absolutely crushing. "It just totally smashed us." Another 40 days passed of being locked up in the hellhole slammer - with the pair living in "fear for our lives each day" and only being able to contact family members via letter. Richard said he "missed the first steps and first words of my baby daughter" which he "can never get back". And Paul's detention saw him torn away from his wife, their five children, and his three brothers. Richard explained how survival became his "full time job" where he either had the choice to "survive or give in". Describing just how he got through it, he said: "I just had to pull on all of the tools I've learned over my life to stay strong, basically. "That involved things like meditation, daily routines involving exercise, and as I said, pulling on the resilience. "I've learned from some of the sports I do regularly. "I like to run ultra marathons, and I do a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering, and through this I've learned to be resilient and to have sort of focus and make the right decisions that are gonna get you through." On the 100th day, Richard and Paul were finally freed, but neither of them could process their ordeal and instead focused on putting "one foot in front of the other". 13 Paul Inch walking out of the hellhole prison Credit: PR Handout 13 Conakry prison is renowned for its dire conditions Credit: AFP 13 A confined prisoner gestures during an attempted prison escape in Conakry in 2015 Credit: AFP Richard explained: "We packed our things, said our goodbyes and left the prison, and we left in the clothes we were wearing which was a pair of shorts, flip-flops, and a vest. "We left with our lawyer with a rucksack and two massive plastic bags in each hand, and we walked out. "We literally walked out of the prison gates. "It was very surreal. It took days to sort of catch up mentally." The first moment Richard processed his ordeal was when he finally had access to a clean, hot shower. He said: "Whilst we were in the prison, the water was not clean, so we had to disinfect ourselves after every shower. "Just simply to have a hot shower and then put some clean clothes on was just amazing." Just when they thought their ordeal was over, the two were held for another 42 days on conditional release - which Richard described as being like "a prison in itself". While he was able to finally see and speak to his family over the phone - including his daughter - it "brought new challenges because we were still having to fight our case and to secure our release". Richard said: "It wasn't guaranteed and even until the last the last day we didn't know how long we would be there. "We were still fighting to get our passports back and get our names cleared, get the charges of espionage and sedition dropped - so we we didn't know whether we'd be there for another week or another three months. "So that was that was really tricky to deal with that uncertainty." Richard ended up being released on his 30th birthday. He said that while he is happy to be home with his family, "it's going to take some time to adjust" and there are "some things I will need to unpack" due to the ordeal he had to endure. Despite this, he is "excited about the future". 13 Richard (L) and Paul (R) returning to the UK after their ordeal Credit: PR Handout 13 The two men pictured at the airport before heading home Credit: PR Handout
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- The Irish Sun
I was left to rot in rat-infested jail on ‘spying' charges for 100 days with 80 crammed in cell – I thought I would die
A BRIT dad jailed on unfounded spying charges has told how he was crammed into a tiny rat-infested cell for 100 days. Richard Perham, 30, told The Sun how he and fellow Brit Paul Inch, 50, had been on a four-day job to collect a downed research balloon in Guinea - but ended up in a hellhole jail for three months. 13 Richard Perham (L) and Paul Inch (C) were kept in a Guinea prison for 100 days Credit: PR Handout 13 The two men should have only been in Guinea for four days to recover equipment for Aerostar International Credit: PR Handout 13 Paul said how 'survival became his full time job' Credit: PR Handout 13 Two days into their trip, Richard, from Bristol, and Paul, of Blaenau Ffestiniog, were cuffed and accused of spying, sedition, breaching national defence, and violating airspace by cops. They were thrown into one of West Africa's most overcrowded and dangerous jails - Conakry Central Prison - that operates at 475 per cent of its capacity. The Brits claim they were extorted, threatened with sexual and physical violence, and pushed to the brink - not knowing if or when they were going to get let out. After returning to the UK just over a week ago, Richard recalled the nightmare he has lived since the beginning of the year. read more news He told The Sun: "Day to day we were facing challenges such as hygiene, cramped conditions, distressing things - maybe we were seeing violence. "We were staying in a cell the size of a train carriage - and that was housing about 80 people. "And during the night, when everyone was sleeping, the whole floor was covered with mattresses, people sleeping, two by two, one, two people to one mattress. "[We] were all sharing one toilet, one shower, the place was really unhygienic." Most read in The US Sun To avoid being transferred to a more violent section of the prison , the two Brits were forced to make regular extortion payments to prisoners and staff. There were also no guards stationed inside cell blocks. Moment deported Tren de Aragua gang inmates scream and rattle cells at US officials in notorious El Salvador mega-prison And Richard described how diseases such as malaria were rampant in the hellhole jail. The water was so contaminated they had to disinfect their skin after washing - and both men suffered dehydration, gastrointestinal illnesses, and skin infections. Richard said: "There were open sewers. There were rats running around in the rafters, and you know, sometimes even dropping down and running over us whilst we were sleeping. "It was really difficult, as you can imagine." Brave Richard and Paul thought their nightmare was finally over 60 days later when they were told they were being let go. But at this point, they unknowingly had 82 days of hell to go. 13 The two Brits were in Conakry Central Prison in a cramped cell with 80 others Credit: PR Handout 13 Richard Perham with his baby before the Guinea ordeal Credit: PR Handout 13 Paul Inch endured the ordeal alongside Richard Credit: PR Handout Richard said: "We had the embassy waiting at the gates to collect us. "We packed our things up, we gave away things to other prisoners, and we signed out of the prison . "This all took about an hour and was really emotional. It was really high, and also really nerve wracking. "We hadn't been out of the prison , for, two months at that point. "We got to the outer gate, at which point one of the guards made a phone call to the local prosecutor and we were turned around and marched back in which was absolutely crushing. "It just totally smashed us." Another 40 days passed of being locked up in the hellhole slammer - with the pair living in "fear for our lives each day" and only being able to contact family members via letter. Richard said he "missed the first steps and first words of my baby daughter" which he "can never get back". And Paul's detention saw him torn away from his wife, their five children, and his three brothers. Richard explained how survival became his "full time job" where he either had the choice to "survive or give in". Describing just how he got through it, he said: "I just had to pull on all of the tools I've learned over my life to stay strong, basically. "That involved things like meditation, daily routines involving exercise, and as I said, pulling on the resilience. "I've learned from some of the sports I do regularly. "I like to run ultra marathons, and I do a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering, and through this I've learned to be resilient and to have sort of focus and make the right decisions that are gonna get you through." On the 100th day, Richard and Paul were finally freed, but neither of them could process their ordeal and instead focused on putting "one foot in front of the other". 13 Paul Inch walking out of the hellhole prison Credit: PR Handout 13 Conakry prison is renowned for its dire conditions Credit: AFP 13 A confined prisoner gestures during an attempted prison escape in Conakry in 2015 Credit: AFP Richard explained: "We packed our things, said our goodbyes and left the prison , and we left in the clothes we were wearing which was a pair of shorts, flip-flops, and a vest. "We left with our lawyer with a rucksack and two massive plastic bags in each hand, and we walked out. "We literally walked out of the prison gates. "It was very surreal. It took days to sort of catch up mentally." The first moment Richard processed his ordeal was when he finally had access to a clean, hot shower. He said: "Whilst we were in the prison, the water was not clean, so we had to disinfect ourselves after every shower. "Just simply to have a hot shower and then put some clean clothes on was just amazing." Just when they thought their ordeal was over, the two were held for another 42 days on conditional release - which Richard described as being like "a prison in itself". While he was able to finally see and speak to his family over the phone - including his daughter - it "brought new challenges because we were still having to fight our case and to secure our release". Richard said: "It wasn't guaranteed and even until the last the last day we didn't know how long we would be there. "We were still fighting to get our passports back and get our names cleared, get the charges of espionage and sedition dropped - so we we didn't know whether we'd be there for another week or another three months. "So that was that was really tricky to deal with that uncertainty." Richard ended up being released on his 30th birthday. He said that while he is happy to be home with his family , "it's going to take some time to adjust" and there are "some things I will need to unpack" due to the ordeal he had to endure. Despite this, he is "excited about the future ". 13 Richard (L) and Paul (R) returning to the UK after their ordeal Credit: PR Handout 13 The two men pictured at the airport before heading home Credit: PR Handout 13 Paul pictured on the returning flight Credit: PR Handout
