How the housing crisis has created Ireland’s unique bailout babies
Those born in the 20 years after the end of the Second World War were given the name…
Finger on the pulsing beats
In March 2024, Germany added Berlin’s techno scene to the country’s national registry of ‘intangible culture’ — a…
A brave dissection of terror
Linden MacIntyre’s decision to write a biography of Sir Hugh Tudor was brave and rewarding. Brave because Tudor…
A love letter to more humble beginnings
The final chapter of Mark Ronson’s memoir Night People: How to Be a DJ in 90s New York…
No ignoring of the questions raised
This a hard book to review. Perhaps any book about the Pelicot trial would be the same. Once…
A raw, harrowing personal account of Ireland’s true Oscar-winning artist
Actors’ autobiographies often read like extended press releases, speedily constructed by collaborators who are kept as much at…
The arc of change — from firebrand unionist to unlikely peacemaker
On becoming first minister of Northern Ireland in 1998, David Trimble appointed a man named Graham Gudgin to…