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I’ve finally quit the devil’s brew
May’s Irish bailout
If the election result has severely weakened Theresa May, it has correspondingly strengthened another female politician – Arlene Foster, the…
The jihadists of Isis are waging war on joy
The Islamist obsession with controlling girls
This election will be decisive for Northern Ireland’s balance of power
June’s vote will be decisive for Northern Ireland’s balance of power
What Martin McGuinness’s eulogisers would like to forget
Martin McGuinness showed no remorse for the pain he caused
Star power
Donald Trump and the end of the age of celebrity
Can sweet seven-year-old Bana Alabed emerge alive from Aleppo’s rubble?
Every morning, after the children go to school, I turn on my computer to check that Bana Alabed is alive…
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the trouble with ‘parenting’
Arguments about the ideology of childrearing are a recipe for anxiety, for both parents and children
Online feedback frenzy is killing the art of complaint
Internet surveys have killed the art of complaint
The smelly, snobbish death of the English public toilet
I blame Nancy Mitford: she made the English so frightened of saying ‘toilet’ that now they have hardly any left…
What stops women from having it all
Don’t even ask, says Anne-Marie Slaughter, law professor and former adviser to Hillary Clinton. Motherhood still means sacrifice
Colm Toibin on priests, loss and the half-said thing
Jenny McCartney talks to unstoppable literary force Colm Tóibín about loss, priests and half-said things
The new sexual revolution
Young people today refuse to be simply gay, straight or bi
Don McCullin interview: ‘I take more than I bring. That’s not a role I’m proud of’
Jenny McCartney talks to the celebrated photojournalist about war, guilt and Aylan
The troubled ex-informers neglected by MI5
Is MI5 neglecting its duty towards ex-informers?
The DUP’s Nigel Dodds may soon be propping up the Tories. What does he want?
In a Tory-leaning hung parliament, the DUP’s Nigel Dodds may command the balance of power. So what does he want?
Belle Gibson and the pernicious cult of ‘wellness’
Our desperation to believe in power of lifestyle change makes us vulnerable to charlatans
The Krays, Dennis Nilsen – and Chris Grayling: a conversation with Sir Ivan Lawrence QC
Sir Ivan Lawrence QC on the Krays, Dennis Nilsen – and Chris Grayling
The agony of dying gadgets
To survive as a technophobe in the 21st century, you must depend on the kindness of strangers
Does Jonathan Powell really want to negotiate with the Islamic State?
Jonathan Powell’s stance on negotiating with violent extremists is consistently inconsistent and slippery
So, Ken Livingstone, do you like Boris personally? 'No'
Ken Livingstone on Boris, Scotland, Northern Ireland – and being out of power
The terminal confusion of Dignity in Dying
The closer you look at the campaign for ‘assisted dying’, the less reassuring it all becomes
Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about the Irish
The bestselling author’s cavalier handling of a Belfast tragedy suggests that his stories might be a little too neat
Seamus Heaney's poems are for Protestants too
Seamus Heaney’s poetry from the other side of Northern Ireland’s divide
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