Mysticism for the Modern Skeptic
Five takeaways from my experience at Sattva Yoga Academy in india: Have an experience without…
Browsing: the
Writing Against the Grain
This is the first of two articles occasioned by the recent publication of Periodicals and…
And the Flesh was Made Word
Through Fernando Pessoa the flesh was made word. Reminiscent of the renowned Chinese painter Wu…
Musician of the Month: Martin Mackie
Martin Mackie is a singer and music producer from Belfast who has been living in…
On (the) Money
If you follow me baby I’ll turn your money green I show you more money…
Musician of the Month: Giulia Gallina
Music is a language and languages are musical. My life has always been about that:…
Varadkar Leak: Broaden the Investigation
The ongoing criminal investigation into an alleged breach by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar – while Taoiseach…
The Love Poetry of Judas Iscariot
The prize painting in the National Gallery of Ireland is, without a doubt, Caravaggio’s depiction…
Musician of the Month: Matilde Politi
Do you know the feeling of wanting to discover secrets that aren’t being spoken aloud?…
The Importance of Public Debate
At a recent debate organised by the English-Speaking Union (ESU) at its HQ, Dartmouth House…
Refugee Pushbacks in the Balkans
On the last day of February, the first Ukrainian refugees arrived in Serbia. Radoš Đurović,…
On the Nature of Evil
I met Vladimir Putin once. Or, at least, I was in the same room as…
Lessons from the Great Depression III
Don’t you ever read the papers? Roderick Spode is the founder and head of the…
Musician of the Month: Ian Fisher
Foreword Sometime in early 2022, in the middle of the fourth or fortieth wave of…
The Fog of Law
You enter here a taut quintet Where theorists can shift or shape How we make…
Into the River
I can barely make out Richard´s handwriting on the piece of torn paper. “Second left”…
The “Strawman” Conspiracy Theorist
In two hundred years doctors will rule the world. Science reigns already. It reigns in…
Vanishing Ireland: Taking the Waters
Today bottled spring water is an everyday drink, and sales run into the billions every…
The Brick Wall: Access to Justice
I’m living in cloud cuckoo land And this just feels like Spinning plates Radiohead, Like…
Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob
In a quiet room, two men smoke hashish and discuss the inevitability of the Apocalypse.…