However, as a historian of medieval Ireland, I can assure you that the real St. Patrick, who lived and worked in the fifth century, never saw a snake or wore a shamrock. Patrick’s own writings ...

“The modern celebration of St. Patrick's Day really has almost nothing to do with the real man,” said classics professor Philip Freeman of Luther College in Iowa. Who Was the Man Behind St ...

Edward St Aubyn ... tell the story of how he survived such an upbringing; the very act of writing them was itself patently part of how he made it through. I had to posh up to play Patrick Melrose ...