Irish History
Potatoes, pigs and peat
A not-so-definitive account of Ireland’s Great Famine
The making of Anglican Ulster
A new book makes a worthy start in exploring a strangely neglected subject
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A load of Bolls
Citizen Vigilante is artless MAGA slop
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous