Elegant buildings elegantly explained
The Past is no longer something that Was, but one of many possible solutions
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
The DUP aren’t tough negotiators
The party that claimed to stand up for unionists capitulated at every turn
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
How the right went wrong
An ill-fated leadership campaign
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
