Donoghue's confident second novel, a portrait of a lesbian community in modern Dublin, revolves around Penelope O'Grady, a convent school teacher and newly bereaved partner looking back at the moments of intimacy over the 13 years of knowing her lover.
Edoardo won the final qualifying event for the European Ryder Cup team — at Gleneagles — by producing birdies on the three closing holes with Francesco, his final-round playing partner, looking more subdued than elated.
MOST people would probably recognise the following scenario: you are wandering around a new town with your partner looking for a restaurant, but you cannot agree on where to eat.
For you seniors or otherwise, who are involved in personal relationships, it's the equivalent of saying, if you even see your partner looking at someone else, let alone sitting next to them in the class, the relationship is over.
There is only a limited amount of golf anyone can play and walking on a beach with a silver-haired partner looking like something out of an insurance advert isn't really a life plan.
We can stop things happening, because this is not a government where you have a second, smaller partner looking after a bit [of it] - this is a government where all the decisions are shared.
