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The Wellington Monument Testimonial, Phoenix Park, Dublin this morning.

Vinny writes:

“Chaps hard at it cleaning off the steps and facade of the Wellington Testimonial just now. They’ve covered it over but it looks fairly substantial.”

Update:

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The Testimonial testimonial yesterday.

Via Jackrants (thanks onetwothreefour)

Update:

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Atticus writes:

“Funnily enough I was there [Wellington MonumentTestimonial] on Sunday for an evening stroll and took this pic. Wellington’s column eh?”

 

Remember those mortgage ads that humiliated young people out of their parents homes?

They’re back.

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[Top: Kurt Cobain outside Old Grand Parade Hotel, Grand Parade, Cork City and (above) a flyer for the Sonic Youth/Nirvana gig at Sir Henry’s]

Nirvana played support to Sonic Youth at the 750-capacity Sir Henry’s in Cork on Tuesday, August 20, 1991.

Yesterday journalist Brian O’Connell (on RTE’s Today with Seán O’Rourke), asked former Sir Henry’s manager Seán O’Neill how many actually attended..

“On the night, we didn’t actually sell-out, it was a Tuesday night, this was Sonic Youth gig, really more than Nirvana, which was the support band. I would say probably we had about 300 at the end of the night. My recollection, I think there was about 14 people watching Nirvana at the start, now a few joined afterwards all right but nothing like what people say. People who weren’t even at the gig are now at the gig, you know, or now were at the gig and foresaw everything that was gonna come down the line.”

Oh.

Related: When Nirvana Came To Town (Des O’Driscoll, Irish Examiner)

Previously: “I Didn’t Know Until This Year That The Name Cobain Was Irish”

Pic: Kcobaindaily

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Some of the thirty ‘never-before-seen’ portraits of world leaders painted by former president George W. Bush currently on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas as part of an exhibition entitled ‘The Art Of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy’. The former President explains:

‘I place a high priority on personal diplomacy. getting to know a fellow world leader’s personality, character, and concerns made it easier to find common ground and deal with contentious issues. that was a lesson i had picked up from dad, who was one of the great practitioners of personal diplomacy.‘

Above: Tony Blair, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia,  George Bush Sr,  Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin.

George W. has painted on a daily basis since leaving office.

He’s very proud of his work. See?

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(Photos: (portraits) Grant Miller, (exhibition) Kim Leeson)

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