Brendan O’ReganGuardian angels come in unlikely forms, writes Brendan O’Regan
Category: Reviews
Wisdom from the Orient
Peter CostelloGuest from the West: Lessons for the West from a Lifetime in the East by Hugh MacMahon (Original Writing, €15.00 pb; ISBN: 978-1-78237-849-5)
Joyce and the Jews at Marsh’s Library
Courtney McGrailThe Books Editor Marsh’s Library in the shadow of St Patrick’s Cathedral is the oldest public library in Ireland. It remains largely unchanged since the 18th Century, with the books still fenced into little cubicles behind wooden screens. However, I suspect it is visited more by tourists than by natives of the city. This is…
How the Red Star waned over Ireland
Sean Murray: Marxist-Leninist and Irish Socialist Republican by Sean Byers (Irish Academic Press, €24.99 pb)
Cultivating more openness for a life with a sense of God
Greg DalyFollowing Pope Francis’ suggestion that Catholics turn to Dante’s Divine Comedy for inspiration in the coming Year of Mercy, Rod Dreher, whose How Dante Can Save Your Life has just been published, reflects at theamericanconservative.com on the dangers of living our lives thinly, with no sense of God. He warns of the dangers of closing…
Disasters on the home front in WWI
The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War, and a disaster on the Kent marshes by Brian Dillon (Penguin Books, £18.99)
Laying claim to Blake’s poetry
The World of Books
Jalmari Helander’s ‘Lapland Spielberg’ aspirations
Aubrey MaloneBig Game (12A)
Emotion often triumphs over reason
Death! The surprising hot topic of the week, writes Brendan O’Regan
Bring back organic children
Cotton Wool Kids: What’s making Irish parents paranoid? by Stella O’Malley (Mercier Press, €14.99)