Anne Enright
Best of the year that was
Put down the pandemic novels: Here’s my favourite fiction of 2020
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others