George Monbiot’s Hall of Mirrors
In 2010, having advocated for veganism in 2002, George Monbiot wrote: ‘I was wrong about…
Browsing: Current Affairs
Russia-Ukraine: Everything to Lose
A hundred years on from the blood-stained birth of a partitioned island of Ireland, another…
Walking at Night
Night Walking Deserves a Quiet Night I’ve always walked alone in the city after dark.…
The Good Terrorist
Even if these operations are shocking revelations to those who have a romantic notion of…
Notes from a Segregated Island
Your antennae are up months before it comes. You’ve gotten to the point where, if…
“Nuances”: Fellipe Lopes in Conversation
“Nuances” is a work in progress by South American documentary maker Fellipe Lopes. Since May…
In the Blink of an Eye
In the blink of an eye everything can change in the way we live our…
Interview: Father Peter McVerry
Father Peter McVerry has been working with homeless people for over forty years. When he…
Anger at Hillary Clinton’s Appointment at Queen’s University in Belfast
A protest organised by Lasair Dhearg, and involving representatives from People Before Profit and Academics…
Is This Where We Are Heading?
As a journalist, I receive a variety of emails, Facebook messages and text messages almost…
Watering Down the Vodka
In response to COVID-19: how are we to explain people drawing starkly differing conclusions from…
What Next for Aghanistan?
So where do we go from here? Better still how do we even begin to…
Interview: Belfast on the Twelfth
In interview with Daniele Idini, photographer Graham Martin reveals he was drawn to cover the…
Greece: Refugee Pushback Award Withdrawn
Continuing tensions in Greece over that State’s handling of the refugee crisis contradicts a carefully…
Killing Kelly?
The strange death of Dr. David Kelly was explored in celluloid at the premiere of…
Covid-19: The View from Turkey
On March 11th, 2020 the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Turkey, followed by…
Northern Ireland: Poots Booted Out
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was founded by the Reverend Dr. Ian Paisley in 1971.…
Covid-19: A New Irish Social Contract?
Surveying the demise of the Celtic Tiger, Fintan O’Toole devoted an opening essay ‘‘Do you…
Palestine: What happens when the violence ends?
Self-defence, blood lust, ethnic cleansing, disproportionate response, mowing the lawn, genocide, death from the sky.…
Ireland and Colombia: the Coal Connection
Most Irish people could not imagine what links their country with Colombia, or even the…