Category: In Passing (page 6)

About four years ago, a twenty-six year old Irish writer – now…

Does history repeat itself? Yes, but it’s complicated. Sometimes its repetitions are…

When you read a column in The Sunday Times (London) which introduces…

The world before Christ – and indeed for centuries after Christ –…

The ironies of history are manifold. They can intrigue us as much…

Many years ago a responsible figure in the world of Irish education…

Oscar Wilde came to the sacraments of the Catholic Faith late in…

Miles Davis’ So What? is one of the most famous and intriguing pieces of…

In his great study of religion and its place in our world,…