Book review – Irish history
The Easter Rising’s road to hell — paved with good intentions
While reading this book in a London café, I was politely buttonholed by an Irishman: ‘Sorry to disturb you, but…
Pitfalls on the road to the Rising
The centenary of the Easter Rising is already being commemorated. Ahead of the flood of books that will follow, Roy Foster chooses two impressive, if sombre ones to be going on with
When Irish nationalism meant sexual adventure
One of the easiest mistakes to make about history is to assume that the past is like the recent past,…
