That's What Friends Are For (The Swarbriggs song) That's What Friends Are For (The Swarbriggs song) That's What Friends Are For was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in English by The Swarbriggs. The song is in a moderate tempo, with the singers calling on their listeners to help each other in times of need, because "That's what friends are for". The call is made to everyone in the world, rather than just those who know the needy person at the time. The performance is notable for the fact that the singers wore identical electric blue suits, taking full advantage of the increasing trend
What Was Lost What Was Lost What Was Lost is the 2007 début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in 1984, and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. "What Was Lost" won the First Novel Award at the 2007 Costa Book Awards, and was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. O'Flynn found inspiration for "What Was Lost" while she was working as an assistant manager in a record shop. She was interested in the difference in shopping centres by day and