Michael Higgins
Bad manners come in small packages
The new Ireland dislikes Unionists as much as the old one
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
