Irish Cooking
A feast, plain and simple
You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition