Edward Goodger will discuss the upcoming year in British politics, including the impending general election that seems set to bring a change in government. He will examine the context of contemporary UK politics, emphasising how long has passed since we were last in a similar situation of such dramatic potential changes, and raising some potential […]
Prof. Fearghal McGarry In a recent article on the dangers of bad history, the celebrated British historian Simon Schama identified Ireland and Germany as the most successful examples of countries that had managed to liberate themselves ‘from the blood sacrifices demanded by remembrance’. Between 2012 and 2023 Ireland experienced a ‘Decade of Centenaries’ as it […]
In all but the most repressive of dictatorships, ordinary people now have near universal and unrestricted access to knowledge. When we were young we turned to newspapers and TV to know what was happening in the wider world, but now the worldwide web is open to us all. Journalism, once an exclusive profession, is now […]
