Neil Hegarty on Inch Levels, his fiction debut: Catching the lightA novel about a family over two generations and the corrosive power of secrets, set in Derry and Donegal against a backdrop of WWII and the TroublesThu Sept 08 2016 - 12:49
1916 – Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition, by Kieran Allen: Shadow of a gunmanAn eloquent study argues that Ireland should grasp this moment to revisit ‘Connolly’s way’Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:05
A song of survival: Neil Hegarty on Janet Frame and Owls Do CryA devastating reflection on conventional society and the dangers for those who reject its narrowness; a vivid social document; and a heartbreaking, lyrical evocation of childhoodWed Jan 20 2016 - 11:41
In the Land of Giants by Max Adams: the Dark Ages illuminatedBook review: Adams succeeds in this remarkable, engaging book in bringing the Dark Ages to vivid life, writes Neil HegartyFri Nov 20 2015 - 11:12
David Frost: That Was The Life That Was – his Irish biographer brings us backstageA glutton for detail, Neil Hegarty researched David Frost’s Methodist roots, diet, clothes, homes and glamorous lovers to get behind the public facade and sense the private manThu Sept 10 2015 - 08:30
In praise of Caitríona O’Reilly, by Neil HegartyCelebrating Irish women writers: ‘She understands the limitations of the self and the fragility of the world – but this awareness of temporality in its turn gives O’Reilly’s work its authority and its arresting, lyrical power’Mon Mar 09 2015 - 18:40
Banquet for 7,000 Irish who died in CrimeaAn eerily timed homage to the Crimean War Banquet, in Dublin, 160 years agoFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
