In a Word... The Irish
For a full analysis of who we were – and still may be – we must obviously go back to the 12th century, no less
Winston Churchill
France is caught in the politics of emergency, oscillating between nostalgia and extremism
Emmanuel Macron did much to upend the traditional two-party system in France but has fallen between stools
Pressing the Brexit ‘I told you so’ button is tempting for Ireland, but we should hold fire
In Ireland’s interests to work with Andy Burnham as obligingly as possible on the Europe question
How the sexual problems of a KGB double agent may have stopped the cold war from going nuclear
Redwood, aka Vladimir Kuzichkin, had lost faith in Moscow, but it was his loss of ‘bedroom power’ that sent the Tehran-based spy to MI6, says Ben Macintyre
Banksy confirms he is behind statue which appeared overnight in central London
Sculpture depicts man marching off a plinth, carrying a billowing flag that obscures his face
‘I left Ireland and became foreign correspondent for The Guardian, only to encounter echoes of Roger Casement’
Rory Carroll on his quest to chronicle a largely hidden aspect of the 1916 Rising: the two-year tracking and pursuit of Roger Casement by Britain’s security services
‘A display of polite pushback’: How world’s media covered Micheál Martin’s meeting with Trump
Martin’s defence of Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s gender mix-up over Irish President drew comment and comedic response
What Dev did next: The lasting legacy of Ireland’s actions at the end of the second World War
While Éamon de Valera emerged from his good war thanks to his political manoeuvring, he did make one ‘unforced error’
Madeline Cash: ‘Greater truths are often best articulated through humour. The fool can make real change’
The author on her debut novel Lost Lambs, tech billionaires, and the worst things about London
RTÉ radio at 100: Brendan Balfe on a century of Irish broadcasting
On January 1st, 1926, Douglas Hyde opened 2RN above a small post office on Little Denmark Street in Dublin
Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston Churchill
Rising star of British politics tried to use abdication of Edward VIII to his advantage, official note said
Our system risks presidential farce, in the belief common sense will prevail
Democracy dictates that every Tom, Dick and Harriet, even the deluded ones, can try to take the council route to the presidency
Churchill’s enforcer in Ireland - Who was Hugh Tudor?
For four years he fought German soldiers on the Western Front, but in two years fighting Irish rebels, his heroism soured to notoriety
Colonialism still a puppet master of today’s extinction crisis
Decolonising entrenched patterns of power and thinking needed as part of response to environmental nightmare
An Accidental Villain - Sir Hugh Tudor, Churchill’s Enforcer in Revolutionary Ireland: Doing the Empire’s dirty work
Newfoundland-born Linden MacIntyre, one of Canada’s finest investigative reporters, painstakingly researches the life of his subject
How the Nigel Farage factor could upend the Belfast Agreement
Quitting the European Convention on Human Rights is the latest talking point among those eager to tighten immigration control
These Divided Isles: Ireland and UK shared history told with ‘reliable pithiness’
Philip Stephens describes the record of British political leaders with regard to Ireland as one of ‘insouciant neglect’
Was Michael Collins behind plan for French military airfields in Ireland?
UCC historian Jerome Aan de Wiel unearths diplomatic archive material showing Collins’s associate overture to French intelligence
Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
Military Maverick: a British war hero who later aided the IRA
A man of intellectual arrogance and social insecurity with a contempt for ‘blue bloods’ who dominated top ranks of the British army
Was it for this craven display that London endured the Blitz?
The relentless focus on trade has skewed any determination to confront the terrifying echoes of the 1930s. Europeans should be much more vocal about it
The day Winston Churchill attacked Ireland over its neutrality
Even the then pro-British Irish Times admitted to an uneasy feeling that Winston Churchill had gone a little too far
Painter says Donald Trump portrait accusations put her business in danger
Artist Sarah Boardman says she completed portrait of US president accurately
John Hemingway obituary: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot
He was shot down twice in the space of eight days, but went on to outlive all his contemporaries
A Complete Unknown review: As Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet works his wee nasal cavity to death
James Mangold’s biopic is abundantly flawed, but will serve as a devotional tool for dedicated fans
Author’s musings on death place a comforting hand around the flickering candle of life
Books by Elias Canetti, Kirsten Miller, Angeline King, Noel Russell, Ben Macintyre and Robert Schmuhl
Let’s not be precious about Napoleon’s distortion of facts - all historians are telling a story
Historical fiction is that canvas, waiting to be smudged and abused until something true emerges
Original membership card confirms former Dutch royal prince Bernhard’s Nazi Party links
Former Dutch royal prince Bernhard's early Nazi links finally confirmed by party membership card
Former RIC members had varying experiences in the newly formed Irish Free State, historian tells conference
Some disbanded members of the 13,000-strong force were forced to leave Ireland because of threats from the IRA, says Dr Brian Hughes
The last of Churchill’s Few returns to Dublin school 86 years after he left
Retired group captain John Hemingway (104) is the only surviving Battle of Britain pilot
Donald Clarke: Napoleon still the historic figure film directors can’t get away from
No figure in history has been portrayed so often in movies than the little Corsican
Fintan O’Toole: The far right gives power to the most obnoxious little gits
What would Irish politics really look like if a clever and magnetic leader were to emerge from the far right?
Michael Portillo: ‘Conservatives see Ireland exclusively through the unionist prism’
The former Conservative politician and historian on his new documentary about the Irish Civil War
Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier – but the family didn’t want them back
An Irishwoman’s diary: Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier who later tried to return them to the family – but they declined
Pilita Clark: Men who have their legs broken to gain height are not entirely mad
Research shows taller people are more successful but leg-lengthening surgery is still a step too far
Diarmaid Ferriter: Brexit ineptitude shows Anglo-Irish relations have come full circle
British politics today is poisoned by Brexiteers inept in the art of statecraft
Despair, defiance and democracy: Ireland in 1922
Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican
By the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty side
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican
Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War
Jack Higgins, the ‘useless’ Belfast schoolboy who went on to write The Eagle Has Landed, dies at 92
The adventure novelist sold 250 million books. A number of his works have Irish themes
Johnson faces backlash after comparing Ukraine war to Brexit vote
Sunak attempts to defend PM’s remarks that both British and Ukrainians ‘choose freedom’
Zelenskiy invokes Pearl Harbor and 9/11 as he calls for more US help in speech to Congress
Ukrainian president issues emotional appeal to US politicians on day 21 of Russian invasion
US bans Russian oil imports as warplane deal for Ukraine moves closer
Kyiv says compromise possible with Moscow but civilians struggle to flee onslaught
Zelenskiy invokes Churchill in call for UK to do more to help Ukraine
President tells Commons Ukraine will fight Russia ‘in the forests, the fields, the shores and in the streets’
Why don’t we remember the Weaver Street massacre in Belfast?
Described as the worst atrocity since ‘Herod slew the innocents’ four girls and two women were murdered
Shooting Boots – Frank McNally on how ‘the Monaghan Footballers’ of 1922 ended up in Hansard
An Irishman’s Diary
Macron and Putin to continue with round-table Ukraine talks
Representatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to reconvene crisis talks on Friday
Denis Staunton: Old Brexit comrades turn on Johnson as his position remains perilous
No-confidence momentum slows after PM’s punchy display but Davis’s move underlines threat
Book released on ‘forgotten’ men and women of Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations
Book details the lives of 70 people bound up in the talks
If someone can be cancelled, someone can be uncancelled. Let’s start with Arthur Griffith
Unthinkable: Are we losing the ability to judge historical figures fairly?
Art&Antiques: Watches at Adam's just in time for Christmas
Timepieces by Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, and Bucherer among items in Adam’s sale
Who was who during the Treaty negotiations
Michael Collins and Winston Churchill just two of the famous names among delegations
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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