In a little corner of 1980s Ireland, four young women are on the cusp of making it big. They have everything going for them: oodles of talent, gritty charm, and a passion that beats through their band, The Diamonds, like a pulse.

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The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel Normal People hit screens and international streaming this week and has been racking up seriously impressive reviews since. When a popular Irish radio show opened its phone lines to those with opinions about the show, however, it uncovered a nasty strain of Catholic guilt that runs deep in Irish culture and society. Much of this guilt revolves around the perceived ‘sin’ of fornication, or premarital sex, something that Normal People does technicall

It is widely understood that our grandparents are almost fountains of wisdom, full of the knowledge learned over a lifetime, that they then pass down to future familial generations. Bess Kalb’s grandmother, Bobby, is one excellent proof of this. Bobby’s mother, Rose, escaped Belarusan progroms, leading to the family’s installation in the United States. Bobby started her life in impoverished Greenpoint, New York, as the second generation of a family of strong-willed and incredible women. When Bob