Kwame Anthony Appiah – The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity review
This volume has thematic unity going for it, but in other respects it is hamstrung
Review: The Schism of ’68: Catholicism, Contraception and Humanae Vitae in Europe, 1945-1975
Alana Harris’s work reminds us how intellectually insular Ireland was, even in the 1960s
Yes by Anne Patterson review: Debut novel with nurse’s insight
Story of stroke patient focuses on how deep personal crisis can inspire self-reflection
The Good Friday Agreement review – writing on the North with the clarity of youth
Siobhán Fenton’s look at the past 20 years paints in contributions which others have neglected
Edge of Chaos review: So, why is the political system failing?
Paschal Donohoe considers whether the author sees any intrinsic value in democracy
The Value of Everything review: How to end the we make, they take economy
Mariana Mazzucato is sure the economic forces that affect our lives can serve the public interest again
Poetry and prose by Martina Evans, Ailbhe Darcy and Paula Meehan
‘Now We Can Talk Openly About Men’, ‘Insistence’, and Ireland Chair lectures
Sharp review: For those female US writers ‘too smart for their own good’
Some strained handovers, but Michelle Dean has assembled an impressive cast
Milkman by Anna Burns review: Impressive, wordy and often funny
Anna Burns’s novel is a story of Belfast and its sins, but it is also a story of anywhere
Brendan O’Regan: Irish Visionary, Innovator, Peacemaker
Book is both a history of the economic development of the mid-West as well as a biography
The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath review
Narrative focuses on Leslie Jamison’s affair with alcohol, a reciprocal act of intoxication
The Order of Time review: Where physics and philosophy meet
Exquisite translation captures Carlo Rovelli’s beautiful and intricate messages
Kudos review: A novel of ideas, people and stories
Rachel Cusk’s tales is intelligent, original in form and content, and brilliantly engaging
Catholic Boy review: Author’s own sense of Belfast shines through short stories
Hurricane Higgins, sectariation tour guides and the Disappeared all feature in Rosemary Jenkinson’s collection
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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