Sir,—Recent discussions about the role of the RIC in the War of Independence have often failed to take in both the local and the broader context, especially the north–south dimension. […]

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Sir,—Dr Jenny Farrell takes issue with me (HI 27.6, Nov./Dec. 2019, letters) for ascribing to Liam O’Flaherty ‘disillusionment’ with the Soviet Union, referring to his 1931 book I went to […]

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Sir,—I was pleased to see a review of the centenary edition of my book in the last issue (HI 28.1, Jan./Feb. 2020). However, my pleasure was diminished by two errors of […]

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Sir,—I have just read Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc’s article (HI 28.1, Jan./Feb. 2020, Platform) about the emergence of the alt-right brigade and wish to thank him for so eloquently and forcefully […]

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His assassination was ‘unmistakably the first blow in a methodical campaign of terrorism’. By Neville O’Connell On Monday 23 June 1919 the first horse-race meeting in three years took place […]

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