Causation
Why Aristotle was right about causation
The Michael Dummett vs Antony Flew debate: What comes first, the cause or the effect?
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
The word at war
Diplomacy’s charm was the talking, not the fighting
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
Je suis Charlie, ten years on
We must never succumb to the jihadi’s veto
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
