RUPERT BROOKE by Christopher Hassall. 557 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World. $8.75. “Why,” he wondered as a boy, “do we always know someone everywhere?” The answer was simple. Rupert Brooke grew up among ...

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings during the First World War. Last month our President, Michael D Higgins, laid a wreath in honour of Irish soldiers who died there. The ...