Articles
Essays, reviews, and commentary on literature, history, politics, and ideas.
A Gallic Potpourri
An idiosyncratic history of France from a skilled storyteller
All for Pemberley
Jane Austen and the pursuit of an advantageous marriage
Too Much, Not Enough
A meditation on time and the pressure to use it productively
From the Home Front
The letters of an American woman living in wartime Northern Ireland
Darts of Thought
An exploration of the complexities of identity and relationships
The Spin of Things
Darkly optimistic poems salvaged from the suburban humdrum
A Contented Heart
Poems of love and loss articulated in a spirit of quiet affirmation
Hack and Hero
Leslie McFarlane: the career of a prolific and successful hack writer
Vivid Faces
The reputation of ‘Ulysses’ in Ireland during its first century
A Diplomatic Odyssey
The ‘soft power’ of promoting the literary heritage of Ireland abroad
The Gift
Howard Jacobson on what he got from his Mancunian Jewish upbringing
A Tonic for Our Times
Margaret Atwood’s astute, sparkling takes on social and literary matters