The walls are crumbling … but oh so slowly
(7 minute read) Tribal enmity still stalks the streets of Northern Ireland, but Maddy Fry finds signs of a less fraught future on the horizon.
Andy Warhol and the art of letting go
(2 minute read) The temptation to nostalgia should usually be resisted, says Nicole Law.
Double-take
(2 minute read) Tascha Von Uexkull offers a poetical exploration of our perception of reality.
Epitaph for a single woman
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst examines the single life in fact and fiction.
A first-time father in a post-pandemic world
(2 minute read) Luca La Monica laments the lack of support for new dads.
From faux pas to friendships
(4 minute read) Making friends in a new land means both losing and keeping one’s identity, as Lisa Fraser discovered.
To buy or not to buy
(3 minute read) Nicole Law looks at the dilemmas of the catwalk and suggests it’s time to engage in a new way of clothes shopping.
Broken by Brexit
(2 minute read) Alessandra Pili describes how the UK’s vote to leave the European Union broke her Sardinian-Scottish heart.
First day at school
(3 minute read) Marie McCoy describes the triumph and trauma experienced by parents as children take their first step on the educational ladder.
The essential right to be objectionable
(7 minute read) Edward Kendall urges an examination of conscience to establish whether we are really as open-minded as we like to think we are.
