The author of Papillon is Henri Charriere, not Henri Barbusse as stated in last Saturday's Irishman's Diary.

The photograph of Richard Nixon in the "Eye on the 20th century" supplement of December 30th showed the former US president consoling his daughter, Julie, while his daughter, Tricia, and her husband, Edward Cox, looked on.

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