If Lyra McKee’s death is not to be in vain, Ireland must confront its past
Children are growing up with ‘heroic’ stories of the Troubles
The war on meat has begun – and vegans are winning comfortably
The battle over meat is just beginning
Tech gurus don’t let their kids have smartphones. Here’s why
More of us are addicted to our smartphones. But the fightback is beginning
Why Britain is lucky to have Meghan Markle
Thank God she’s not a spoilt Chelsea Sloane
Me! Me! #MeToo! How Hollywood hijacked feminism
Hollywood’s embrace of the #MeToo movement isn’t altogether convincing
The new feminist war: young women vs old women
The #MeToo movement is pitting young women against old
Civilised air travel? Pigs might fly
Does anyone actually enjoy flying any more? I know I don’t. I realised recently, while anxiously repacking my tiny carry-on…
It's time for the DUP to rise above sectarianism
The newly influential DUP must disown sectarianism
Coffee break: why I’ve finally given up on the devil’s brew
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