Hat trick ball
Help me trace Gunner Costello, the fast bowler who may have survived a Court-Martial
The book to read if you’re intent on visiting Sri Lanka
A S H Smyth on Andrew Fidel Fernando’s Upon a Sleepless Isle, winner of the 2019 Gratiaen Prize
The Scullabogue martyrs
A S H Smyth remembers his Quaker ancestors killed June 5, during the Irish rebellion of 1798
Emerging from Sri Lanka’s lockdown: a morning at Colombo’s booksheds
A S H Smyth pays a visit to one of his favourite places in Colombo
My first Carr
A S H Smyth discovers a true English literary eccentric, born on this day in 1912
Strength and honour: looking back on 20 years of Gladiator
Are you not entertained?!
May day, May day…
A letter from Colombo
“Beauty Retire”
Some musical notes on the portrait of Samuel Pepys: revelations from his diary
Democracy’s accountability problem
The unaccountable “independent” state is our future – whether we like it or not
Britain’s dangerous moment
Protest, pandemic and recession are a reminder of the fine line between civility and chaos
Should booby-traps be legal?
When the state fails to protect us many want to act themselves
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
Shed and buried
X.Trapnel on cakes, fakes and stocking fillers
Trans activists and the Labour Party
How the gender battle is shaking-up British party politics. With Graham Stewart and Josephine Bartosch