Neil McCarthy

2 months ago | spiked-online.com | Neil McCarthy |Tom Slater

His final novel strikes a rare note of hope among his usual cynicism and despair. Share Topics Books Culture Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. French master Michel Houellebecq has said that his latest novel, Annihilation, will be his last. If that does prove to be true, his departure will deprive us of a rare literary voice.

Aug 25, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Neil McCarthy

Lionel Shriver's Mania is a stunning satire of progressive intolerance. Share Topics Books Culture Politics Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. Amid the conformism of contemporary literary culture, a new book by Lionel Shriver is always going to be an exciting event.

Aug 13, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | Neil McCarthy

By Neil McCarthyPublished 14th Aug 2024, 08:04 BSTUpdated 14th Aug 2024, 08:09 BSTAnti-Islam protestors in Belfast waved union flags and Irish tricolours side by sideWe have seen some extraordinary images in Northern Ireland in the last couple of weeks. We have seen some extraordinary images in Northern Ireland in the last couple of weeks.

Jun 23, 2024 | booksirelandmagazine.com | Neil McCarthy

by Neil McCarthyThe past is never dead. It’s not even past. So said William Faulkner, and a dozen or so folk after him, paraphrasing as they pleased. But in truth, Faulkner hit the nail on the head. And while many of us do our utmost to sweep the past under the rug, look away when confronted, even pretend it never happened—anything to avoid puncturing the present—a few choose to meet the past head on, give it the benefit of hindsight, the wisdom of years. Moya Roddy is one of those few.

Apr 3, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | Neil McCarthy

​​Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation on Good Friday just nine days after the earthquake of Leo Varadkar’s resignation in Dublin is truly a ‘black swan’ event in the politics of the island of Ireland. The then DUP deputy leader Gavin Robinson at the DUP conference on Belfast in October. It may prove harder for him, a social liberal, than it was for his predecessor to keep the disparate strands of his party together.