What Lies Behind Ireland’s Abortion Referendum
Is it cynical to suggest that Ireland’s ruling Fine Gael party is using the referendum…
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Against the Muses: Dragana Jurišić
I first came across Dragana Jurišić’s work in the National Gallery of Ireland, when her…
B Road Blues
Born by the river, out in the sticks I was born on a bend on…
At the Timber – A Short Story
George waits in the parked van. His mind is somewhere between sleep and the wood…
Song Shorts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BBAEUOOFKQ “Iggy‘s not coming for lunch?” asked Ron. He tasted his breathe while talking, it…
My England
Richard Wilson was born in 1931 and has lived all over England. The feature image…
Could Torture Ever be ‘Right’?
The recent appointment of Gina Haspel as CIA Director is a sign of a growing…
A Look Inside Italian Politics
Posterity will determine if the Italian election results of March 4th 2018 marked an earthquake…
The Man Who Lit a French Fire Under English Football
Arsène Wenger is special. He enabled the Invincibles, only the second team not to lose…
What the Irish Abortion Debate Ignores
The greatest trial lawyer of the last century was undoubtedly Clarence Darrow. He was often…
Why is Software so Complicated?
In the beginning in order to count we used, as we still do, our fingers,…
Catalan Independence Debate Presents False Dichotomy
Catalan secessionists have succeeded in framing the debate over Catalan independence as a stark choice…
How Russian Internet Surveillance Operates
The issue of data privacy is becoming a source of increasing individual and corporate unease…
A Tiger’s Resurrection
One beauty of the game of golf is the possibility to play it right up…
Defiant Compassion
On yoga teacher training courses among the heartening questions I receive are ones that readers…
Westerlywind – A Short Story
Worthless. Humiliated. Deeply uncomfortable. Skin crawling. Awful. Shitty shit shitty fucking horror shit shit cock…
Visitations
Come on in. Try our new Chicken Selects. Forget food. We should send them luggage.…
In the Artist’s Words
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”11″ gal_title=”Magda”] Being self-taught, I am constantly seeking to reinvent what is familiar to…
Spanish Smokescreens
The Catalan independence movement may seem like a throwback to a bygone age of nationalism.…
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Life
Harry Gleeson was wrongfully hanged for the murder of Moll McCarthy in 1941, and fully…