Articles
Essays, reviews, and commentary on literature, history, politics, and ideas.
The Keening Waves
Lady Gregory’s legends of ancient Celtic gods and fighting men
Hearts and Minds
The stubborn obstacles that stand in the way of a unitary state in Ireland
Hoping for the Best
An optimist examines the prospects of achieving Irish unification
Under Southern Skies
Ireland’s links with Argentina, from the prosperous to the oppressed
What Larks
Bridget Rose Dugdale, an English debutante on Irish active service
Marching on Rome
Fascism’s origins in violence and repression of the labouring poor
Blackening Casement
British intelligence and the making of the ‘black diaries’ of Roger Casement
The Past is a Place
Stories from the North about trying to stay ahead of the past
History or Herstory?
A dazzlingly adventurous fusion of fiction and memoir from Belfast
Death Attracts Us
A compassionate portrayal of the professionals of the dying trade
Mad About Poetry
Translating the poem, and the reader into the world of the poem
Homo Oblivious
Words and stories to defend the truth against Russian lies and propaganda