What kind of 'experience' do we expect our students of English literature to have if not reading Shakespeare?

White Irish in the UK understand they are not the type of immigrants targeted by the far-right figure

One of Banksy’s standard-issue street murals appears on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice in London

Single-sex schools are slowly being eliminated – they are too reminiscent of a darker time when Ireland was under the thumb of Rome. It’s a mistake

With her engagement to Travis Kelce, the two great themes of her lyrical universe - love and limelight - come together in holy matrimony

It’s doubtful anyone is willing to listen to our lectures on affairs of international morality

August has given me time to think about how politicians holiday. Most of them do it badly

The actor’s jeans ad is not proof that ‘woke’ is dead

I had believed this was the best time to be alive, but there is nothing redemptive about her story

The art of re-reading - or rewatching - old favourites is a romantic pursuit

Just like Britain was left staring into the abyss after Brexit, Ireland is wondering why we ever left the economy so vulnerable to the whims of an irrational actor like Trump

Politics will age you faster than even the most rock’n’roll lifestyle

In the summer heat – when your colleagues are away – sneak out of the office at 1pm and put your email settings to ‘busy’

Politicians like Holly Cairns or Keir Starmer could meet the threat of the populist right with a lighter tone and a joke or two

If you want to tell Gen-Z time and again that they’re be depressed, don’t be surprised if you make it true

A group of pro-Palestine activists tried to deliver food to a starving Gaza. It was a clever, social-media literate protest

Chef, TV star, rhetorician and more, he proved the truth of a culinary universal language

Britain is ‘resetting’ its relationship with the EU, seeking that vague notion of ‘closer ties’ – Ireland should be the UK’s ally

The director understood people will remember how you left with grace just as much as they remember how you performed at your peak

Moving the needle on the status quo here is almost impossible. It takes a figure with a rare set of qualities