In this weekend’s Guardian, I review Diarmaid Ferriter’s timely new history of the Irish border.
Category: Journalism
FT Essay: Ireland on Brexit
In this weekend’s Financial Times, I go ‘Beyond the Backstop’ and explore Irish perspectives on Brexit.
Ireland’s Islands
In this weekend’s Irish Times I have reviewed Diarmaid Ferriter’s new history of Ireland’s off-shore islands, On the Edge.
Thomas Cromwell
I have reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch’s new biography of Thomas Cromwell in this weekend’s Irish Times.
Op-ed: The Historical Nonsense of Brexit
In today’s Irish Times, I survey the bad history offered by leading Brexiteers, and argue that such myths are leading Britain to a historic catastrophe.
Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator
In this weekend’s Guardian I’ve reviewed Enrique Moradiellos’ new biography of the Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco.
The Great Flu Pandemic in Ireland
In this weekend’s Irish Times, I reviewed Ida Milne’s new history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ireland, Stacking the Coffins.