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Issue 148, October 2022

Beyond Chatter

Beyond Chatter

Sean Sheehan

Making sense: the ‘antiphilosophical’ philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Love in the Dark

Love in the Dark

Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado

A love-across-the-divide story from the North – with a difference

A Wading Light

A Wading Light

Afric McGlinchey

Seán Hewitt’s memoir of queer love, helplessness and heartbreak

Poetry and Fishing

Poetry and Fishing

Seán Lysaght

Retracing the journeys of the enthusiastic angler Ted Hughes

Spreading Civilisation

Spreading Civilisation

Eoin Dillon

Lecky, liberalism and Britain’s role as world leader

Otters and Orioles

Otters and Orioles

Thomas McCarthy

A well-read eye observes nature over the passing years

Movements in the Deep

Movements in the Deep

Leanne Ogasawara

A Japanese mystery that evokes the slippery nature of memory

The Kilmichael Ambush

The Kilmichael Ambush

Joost Augusteijn

Re-examining the controversial events of the war in Co Cork

The English School

The English School

Paul O’Mahoney

A defence of the centrality of history to  international relations

A Salutary Lesson

A Salutary Lesson

Martin Greene

Russia’s vicious 19th century wars of conquest in Asia

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