Oct 28, 2020A Question of ClassYou are probably sick to your molars of reading about the lockdown. What once felt surreal, almost dreamlike in occurrence has now permeated our everyday lives and melted into the backdrop. Like a wallpaper with unprecedented socio-economic repercussions. A suitable analogy is the opening scenes of Shaun of the Dead…Ireland7 min readIreland7 min read
Jun 3, 2020Many Necks, One BootWe are entering a simmering summer of unrest. Protests and riots have spread to every major American city following the public lynching of George Floyd. The genesis of this upheaval is largely perceived as the successful overthrow and burning of the Minneapolis police precinct that employed Floyd’s murderers. Social media…Blm7 min readBlm7 min read
Mar 6, 2020Socialism or Barbarism: A Super Tuesday opera.“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” - “The Second Coming” William Butler Yeats During the Second World War, the RAF had an adage that went as follows “You only…Election 20207 min readElection 20207 min read