Republic of Ireland
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Irish reunification is a Remainer pipe dream
The Republic would be in no way equipped to absorb loyalist communities against their will
Bad manners come in small packages
The new Ireland dislikes Unionists as much as the old one
Cancelled, Irish style
The truth about woke witchhunts is that there is no ethic of forgiveness in this religion
What’s the EU really trying to do with the Protocol?
Brussels isn’t living up to the commitments it made
West British landscapes
Andrew McKinley reviews Robert Lynch’s ‘The Partition of Ireland 1918-1925’
Fenian fantasist
No journalist has so vituperatively fed the ancestral hatreds and dormant furies of Ireland as Fintan O’Toole
A bit late now
Ireland’s crumbling defences against Sinn Fein
Policing History
Official Ireland surrenders to Sinn Fein’s history
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
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
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
