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Ireland is falling into a far-right dystopia and no one is talking about it
Hooray for Catherine Connolly – but dark storms are brewing on the horizon
Oct 27 • 
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An ode to local democracy
Not a grassroots movement for national change – I mean bins and potholes
Oct 17 • 
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It can’t always be the end of the world
Discussing disaster films and the collapse of democracy
Oct 9 • 
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August 2025

Someone else’s home
Dog-sitting. Renting. Squats and communes. An essay about living spaces that are not your own.
Aug 8 • 
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July 2025

What is a communist literature?
'sex is a koala wrapping its legs around a tree'
Jul 28 • 
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May 2025

Becoming Paul
A brief essay on clothes and masculinity.
May 29 • 
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Being seen
On Cardinals watching Conclave, Mafiosi watching the Sopranos, livestreaming self-immolation, and poets shooting politicians.
May 15 • 
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“Invisible ink is a good starting point”
A commissioned essay
May 6 • 
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April 2025

Low fidelity
On quality and misidentification
Apr 23 • 
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March 2025

Piper after Kuspit
Notes on the tradition of polemical letter writing
Mar 3 • 
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February 2025

On prescriptiveness
The art we encounter is overly predetermined and predictable – it doesn’t have to be like this
Feb 20 • 
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The great attraction of petty liars
A mini essay about lying that makes no mention of Trump or Elon
Feb 6 • 
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