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International Women's Day

In praise of the hellraisers: Lise Hand on the women who shook the system

This International Women’s Day, Lise Hand looks at the free-spirited, fascinating women who flouted social mores, broke taboos, and pushed against boundaries

Lise Hand: With continuous volatility on the global political stage, where are we headed in 2023?

Amid the prospect of a 21st-century cold war, and a climate emergency, things have never felt more uncertain. But what do we know about what’s coming this year?

Lise Hand: Being ordered to write about love in February is a gigantic pain in the arse, so I went to the pub instead

Ireland’s enduring love affair is with our greatest pubs, where the stories, yarns, tall tales, banter and argument add to that distinctive scent which is baked into the very walls of these time-honoured houses

The Good Life: Clare Island’s yoga retreat offers rugged beauty and no-frills wellness

Clare Island was once home to pirate queen Gráinne O’Malley. Now, it offers one of the best yoga retreats in the country – Macalla Farm

Women. Life. Freedom - the stories that shaped 2022

To mark Irish Tatler’s Women of 2022, Lise Hand considers the last twelve months in terms of equality, opportunity and progress, from the free contraception scheme to sporting triumphs.

Lise Hand’s 12 nays of Christmas

There are some Christmas commandments you just cannot get around. Ignore them, and you could find yourself out in the December cold.

Lise Hand: stop the (Christmas) lights, I want to get off

With Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s and the like, comes a tizzy of souped-up celebrations and extravagant marketing. But can we still defend the right for a day to go uncelebrated in this always-festive climate?

Lise Hand: As we lurch from crisis to crisis there are still reasons to be less fearful

Soaring inflation, energy shortages, a climate emergency, Roe Vs Wade, war in Europe and a possible recession looming – just how do we deal with the pressures of now, asks Lise Hand

Sorry Not Sorry - The art of the political fauxpology, from Bill Clinton to Boris Johnson

The art of the fauxpology has long been practised by politicians the world over, but what makes for a memorable political ‘sorry’? Is it rivers of tears, rending of pinstripe suits, abject language or just brazen chutzpah?

Lise Hand: That ‘scruffy guy in jeans’ wasn’t the new copy kid, it was Dustin Hoffman

On its 50th anniversary, Watergate continues to be a defining moment in investigative journalism, both on and off the screen.

Pass the mozzie spray: Lise Hand on the rise and origins of the solo female traveller

Women have been setting off alone for centuries despite the disapproval of polite society, but now their numbers are fast multiplying as many more discover the joy of following their own path

From Jane Fonda to The Abdominizer: Lise Hand on 40 years of fitness fads

“When purchasing exercise equipment, make sure it is of sturdy construction and that there is enough space to hang all of your washing on it” – Comedian Jeff Green

Lise Hand: The highways and byways of Ireland are littered with untold tales of the achievements of women

‘Her Story’ is all too often consigned to the footnotes in the book of Ireland. Now is a good time to refresh the script

‘One can never have too many pairs of jeans’ - Lise Hand on why you shouldn’t clear out your wardrobe

This is an ode to keeping stuff, to not stoically placing every redundant garment in a charity shop-bound sack while muttering about being too old/too Rubenesque/too respectable to wear it anymore

‘Women mobilised by the pandemic realities and the MeToo movement can’t wait 135.5 years for the gender pay gap to be slammed shut’

Ahead of Irish Tatler’s Women of 2021 issue, Lise Hand looks back at the shared experiences of women across the globe during Covid-19, and asks what lessons can be learned

From Mirabeau to The Unicorn: Recalling liquid lunches of lives past

“You can’t cry on a diamond’s shoulder, and diamonds won’t keep you warm at night, but they’re sure fun when the sun shines.” Elizabeth Taylor

Lise Hand delves into our chequered love affair with diamonds and why even the smallest trinket can matter.

“Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank and buy a revolver.”

This old thing?

The idea of age-appropriate fashion is being rightly, and radically challenged

Calamine lotion to caviar cream: How we became a nation of skincare evangelists

Years spent happily burning under the noonday sun have now been replaced by rigorous cleansing routines and diamond-infused unctures.