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No going back: confronting the past in Gone with the Wind
(8 minute read) Should Margaret Mitchell’s ‘racist’ novel be ‘toppled’ along with statues? Alex Osborn proposes a more nuanced approach and considers how slavery can end up enslaving the enslavers.
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To be or not to be: the triumph of Logos or why Hamlet was right all along
(11 minuet read) Can anything really explain everything? Dominic Swords examines a book which thinks it has found the answer.
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Toppling the truth: a monumental matter
(7 minute read) Donal Durrihy takes an alternative view to the prevailing mood on the removal of controversial statues.
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A walk down history lane …
(9 minute read) Luca La Monica takes the reader on a fascinating wander down the main street of his home town in Southern Italy.
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Reading a building colonially
(8 minute read) They’re pulling down statues, but what about houses? Adam Brocklehurst looks behind the bricks and mortar to discover challenging truths about the culture that crafted some of England’s most iconic buildings.
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Covid-19: a chance to build bridges between generations
(7 minute read) Lisa Fraser explains how volunteering to buy groceries for an isolated elderly neighbour has changed the way she relates to older people.
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A guide for restless hearts: in conversation with a classic of world literature
(4 minute read) It’s time to explore your own mystery, says Luca La Monica, guided by one of history’s greatest thinkers.
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For the valleys I sing
(2 minute read) Leonard Franchi writes a hymn to the life of valley villages, from the Vale of Leven to the Valle del Comino.
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Illuminating the “Dark” Ages
(8 minute read) Jasmine Jones reveals that the Middle Ages were not as dark as is often claimed and finds that women played a surprisingly powerful role in society.
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Triumph and tragedy at the registrar
(5 minute read) Martin Ketterer uses lockdown time to travel back into the lives of his German and Irish forebears, and discovers a world of colourful characters, drama and heroism.
