In this weekend’s Guardian, I review Diarmaid Ferriter’s timely new history of the Irish border.

In this weekend’s Financial Times, I go ‘Beyond the Backstop’ and explore Irish perspectives on Brexit.

In this weekend’s Irish Times I have reviewed Diarmaid Ferriter’s new history of Ireland’s off-shore islands, On the Edge.

I have reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch’s new biography of Thomas Cromwell in this weekend’s Irish Times.

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.

In this weekend’s Guardian I’ve reviewed Enrique Moradiellos’ new biography of the Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco.

In this weekend’s Irish Times, I reviewed Ida Milne’s new history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ireland, Stacking the Coffins.