John Foster / 26 May 2023
New Prospects for Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin Grows Stronger
Northern Ireland is one of those places where historical facts and nostrums get reaffirmed with depressing regularity.(...)
Brexit
John Foster / 14 Apr 2023
The End of Northern Ireland
Prospects for Reunification
When it comes to Northern Ireland, it’s hard not to feel like it's still the Ice Age.(...)
John Foster / 24 Mar 2023
Buried in the Past
The DUP’s Northern Ireland
“Not all people live in the same now.” Penned by Ernst Bloch to account for the rise of the Nazis, the 1935 truism could just as well apply to today’s Europe.(...)
John Foster / 03 Mar 2023
Britain Gives Up
Post-Brexit Ireland
The end of Ireland’s Brexit crisis shouldn’t be noteworthy. As Fintan O’Toole noted in The Guardian, the Windsor Framework could have been agreed upon two years ago.(...)
Josh White / 23 Jan 2023
Guilty as Charged
Nigel Farage’s Legacy
Brexit will turn three on the last day of January, over six years since the 2016 referendum kickstarted Britain’s race to the bottom.(...)
Josh White / 14 Nov 2022
Left Tabloid
The Canary’s Flawed Mission
Some websites make the news, others make headlines.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 19 Oct 2022
Post-Brexit Sounds
Here’s What You Could Have Won, by Kid Kapichi
When Kid Kapichi declare “You’re such a fool, Brittania” midway through New England, the opening track of their sophomore album Here’s What You Could Have Won, they aren’t just decrying the self-sabotage of Leave supporters, but also situating themselves in music history.(...)
Josh White / 08 Aug 2022
Old Europeans
Thinking With Borders
Not many newspapers begin life like The New European. (...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 01 Aug 2022
Life Under Thatcher
Working for the Iron Lady
It’s remarkable how candidates in the Tory leadership race have channelled Margaret Thatcher. Especially as they're barely old enough to have experienced her policies.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 21 Jul 2022
Sonic Anti-Colonialism
Escapology, by Kode9
Kode9’s new record, Escapology: Music from Darien, is a strange document, yet all the more compelling for that strangeness.(...)