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Rite & Reason: Joyce knew far more about Catholic dogma than many of his detractors

I had the privilege of seeing a group of actors recreate the scene, with spine-tingling effect, in the place where it happened

Blogs, forums, and sites like Twitter used to be a haven for people with autism. That internet is gone.

The number of a Wicklow Street premises would not have been lost on Joyce

A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.

My mother considered it a dirty text, but this profoundly democratic book has liberated female Irish authors

The chapter on the killings reflects Joyce’s fascination with the notion of betrayal, personal and political