The backbone of the clientele, however, is a rapidly thinning group of crusty old men, predominantly Irish ... painstakingly securing his father’s pictures and souvenirs to the walls; they ...

YOU have probably never heard of Irene Higginbottom. She was a prolific composer from the late-30s on and worked with the likes of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and, notably, Billie Holiday. Her ...