Articles
Essays, reviews, and commentary on literature, history, politics, and ideas.
Join the Queue
A fictional exploration of ideas pushed to their logical conclusion
Peeling the Onion
Let us look at Trump – so we don’t have to have him again.
According to John
Pluralist Ireland and the angry politics of John Waters
You Should Be Glad
With the Beatles: a sparkling account of an innocent mania
History on the Wing
Irish Catholics under the skin: a master class in journalism
Once Upon A Time
Marina Warner’s reimagining of a near magical transformation
Hail Ruritania!
A kingdom’s progress: from Duck Soup to Princess Diana
The Flowering
The 1950s: a good time to be born for a girl who must write
Sacred Monster
Not for the drawing room: the terrifying art of Francis Bacon
Against the Clock
In his new collection, Greg Delanty makes another valuable contribution to the poetry of environmental consciousness.
Love Hurts
Megan Nolan’s debut novel, a refreshingly honest and often uncomfortable meditation on the relationship between desire, self-destruction and the female body
Freefall in the Suburbs
In Danielle McLaughlin’s first novel brief moments of high drama intermingle with journeys into the complex, foggy territory