Great Lives
When Great Lives grates
Tales of lives lived well, or disgracefully, are always interesting, but what makes a good obit?
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
