The figurineOf all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors and looters alike. When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel

tensions rise

And perhaps most importantly of all

sisterhood and acceptance into the hearts of young women

and social aspects of a nation with inimitable wit and empathy

In many popular histories of the Pacific War

Written in exquisite prose

When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife

There's only one problem: some of those wishes actually belong to someone else

It is a history of science and learning

we have seen five different Conservative Prime Ministers

Millstone Burn

both English and Jewish