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Review: Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
Reviewed by Finn McKenna (spoiler warning) Ordinary Human Failings, the second novel by Irish author Megan Nolan, is…
A deeply misleading narrative: Answering the claims of Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism
Cedric Robinson’s book Black Marxism has influenced a wide layer of academics and activists. But as the review by Steve Edwards explains,…
Review: My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
Review: My Fourth Time, We Drowned By Sally HaydenFourth Estate, 2022 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien For the recording of…
Review: It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie SandersAllen Lane, 2023 Reviewed by David Vallely Bernie Sanders’…
Review: Ann, directed by Ciaran Creagh
Reviewed by Isidora Duran Stewart This week marks five years since the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment…
Review: Three-Minutes: A Lengthening directed by Bianca Stigter
By Mikey Rose Three Minutes: A Lengthening is a 2022 Dutch–British documentary directed by Bianca Stigter and narrated…
Review: Pray for Our Sinners directed by Sinéad O’Shea
Reviewed by Aislinn O’ Keeffe ‘God’, for the better part of the 20th century, was omnipresent in Ireland.…
Review: God’s Creatures directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose
Reviewed by Leah Whelan (Spoiler warning) Set in a rural coastal village in Ireland in the early 1990s,…
Minor edits of Roald Dahl’s work provokes performative outrage from establishment figures
By Manus Lenihan In recent years we’ve had the #MeToo movement, the climate strikes and the massive Black…
Review: 406 Days – the story of the Debenhams strike
By Michael O’Brien The struggle of the former Debenhams workers employed in its then 11 stores in this…
