As Ireland observes the centenary of its incomplete independence – the setting up of the ‘Free State’ with dominion status and the partition of the country –... Continue reading
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Jenny Farrell review Douglas Stuart’s new novel Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, set in his home town of Glasgow... Continue reading
Alan Dent writes about D. H. Lawrence Stand at the front door of 8a Victoria St, Eastwood and turn to your left and you can see the... Continue reading
On his 250th anniversary, Jenny Farrell writes about Walter Scott and his historical novels, uncovering themes of class conflict, ethnic and nationalist struggles, and how the personal... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Apeirogon by Colum McCann Unlike a pentagon, an apeirogon has an infinite number of sides, or aspects. The title of Colum McCann’s 2020 novel... Continue reading
Edward Mackinnon reviews Alan Dent’s new book I started reading Alan Dent’s Palestinian Tales a short time before the recent protests against the forced expulsion of Palestinians... Continue reading
Dennis Broe reviews Raymond Chandler: The Man Behind The Mask, by Ken Fuller, and discusses how Chandler and others unmasked the capitalist delusion that was – and is?... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell introduces This Road of Mine, by Seosamh Mac Grianna, translated by Mícheál Ó hAodha. Published by The Lilliput Press, 2020. One of several important, socialist Irish language writers of the... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Exiles, by Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, translated by Mícheál Ó hAodha (Parthian, 2020) Awareness of working-class literature is only growing slowly in Ireland. This is... Continue reading
When Jeremy The Wicked Ruled His World ‘Stick your hands up. This is a fucking robbery!’Two animal-masked men bounced up the steps of the tour bus with... Continue reading
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