Henry McDonald
Henry McDonald is the author of seven books on the Northern Ireland troubles and two critically acclaimed novels.
The silence that tells Joe Biden who his real allies are
Irish reluctance to support Ukraine presents Unionists with an opportunity to counter American Brit-bashing over the Protocol reforms
Border skirmishes
No actor has done more to endanger the future of Northern Ireland than the European Commission
Beating the wrong drum
The dogmatic insistence that unionists are being pushed towards a united Ireland
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity