A miscellany of tales long and short from a career in Irish journalism
An inspiring essay collection from inside the Travelling community
Blake’s visions of Eden and the meaning of imagination in his verse
An argument against pessimism and in support of deep human potential
A journey to motherhood, from miscarriage to the joy of birth
An Irish historian who encountered misogyny in her academic career
The innovator Euripides puts the heedless Greek gods on the stage
Germany’s rapid bounceback from the destruction of 1945’s ‘Zero Hour’
Historians’ role in excusing the brutalities of empire-building
The Irish working class’s long search for its voice to be heard in literature
Progressivism’s dirty secret: the left intellectuals abolish the poor
A German writer learns the cost of making a god of the nation
How Margaret Thatcher was persuaded to sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement