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Lionel Shriver

The persecution (and vindication) of Kevin Myers is a parable of our times

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

It seems seasonably suitable to celebrate good news. Unfortunately, as in most serviceable stories, for something good to happen, something bad had to happen first.

Though we’ve only been in sporadic touch since, I met Kevin Myers three decades ago at a boozy lunch in Dublin. He was already a journalistic institution.

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