World History

The Fascist Precursor

Fiume and the ‘poetic dictatorship’ of Gabriele d’Annunzio

Irish Literature

The Return to Helicon

There has been a long tradition of classical rewritings in Ireland, with a significant surge from about 1970, when the last generation to undergo compulsory…

Irish Politics

An Easy Conscience

Religion, Hubert Butler believed, should be a place of truth-telling rather than a mere symbol of decorousness and respectability. Croatia’s Cardinal Stepinac felt he had…