Articles
Essays, reviews, and commentary on literature, history, politics, and ideas.
For Your Discomfort
Lullabies, but not the kind you’d want to sing to your baby
A Model for Everything
Maths, microeconomics and ‘losing sight of the bigger picture’
The Irish Reach
The influence of Gaels and Gaelic tradition on Old English poetry
Against the Tide
George Berkeley interprets the mysterious language of God
Flowers of Orwell
Putting economic and social justice at the heart of the ecological project
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