You are here: Homepage Tag Northwestern Europe Articles Audrey Magee is an author and journalist who lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland Photo: Jonathan Hession Language | Ireland Proudly spoken in Irish Speaking Irish has long been controversial. But now the Gaelic language is making a comeback. What’s going on in Ireland? By Audrey Magee 12/13/2023 Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023 [Translate to English:] The author Kit de Waal. Photo: Sarah Lee / eyevine Family | Great Britain “My mother had about 12 jobs” Between religious fanaticism and sibling love: British author Kit de Waal describes her childhood of extremes – and talks about how it shaped her relationship with her adopted children By Kit de Waal 10/06/2023 Wildlife | Iceland The harbinger of spring On why the Golden Plover is used to sell barbecues By Lilja Jóhannesdóttir 10/01/2022 Snapshot | Great Britain Setting fire to the bad guys Remember, remember the fifth of November! Writer Will Self on why effigies of Guy Fawkes and contemporary villains go up in flames all across the UK By Will Self 10/01/2022 Survey | Northern Ireland 34% of people in Northern Ireland favour reunification By Roderick Parkes 10/01/2022 Antony Gormley: CAVE, 1986, Lead plaster, 195 x 56 x 33 cm Photo: Stephen White Life underground | Contemporary art “Ancient forces are at work” The British sculptor Antony Gormley has been exploring caves since childhood. A conversation about fantasy, fears and the traces of our ancestors that he has encountered underground Interview with Antony Gormley 01/07/2022 The Rótarjökull glacier in 1999 Photo: "The glacier melt series 1999/2019" by Olafur Eliasson, courtesy of the artist, neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York Books | Climate change The new reality Can the climate crisis still be halted? Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, authors of the Paris Agreement, are determined to keep looking forward. By Andri Snær Magnason 10/01/2021
Audrey Magee is an author and journalist who lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland Photo: Jonathan Hession Language | Ireland Proudly spoken in Irish Speaking Irish has long been controversial. But now the Gaelic language is making a comeback. What’s going on in Ireland? By Audrey Magee 12/13/2023
Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023
[Translate to English:] The author Kit de Waal. Photo: Sarah Lee / eyevine Family | Great Britain “My mother had about 12 jobs” Between religious fanaticism and sibling love: British author Kit de Waal describes her childhood of extremes – and talks about how it shaped her relationship with her adopted children By Kit de Waal 10/06/2023
Wildlife | Iceland The harbinger of spring On why the Golden Plover is used to sell barbecues By Lilja Jóhannesdóttir 10/01/2022
Snapshot | Great Britain Setting fire to the bad guys Remember, remember the fifth of November! Writer Will Self on why effigies of Guy Fawkes and contemporary villains go up in flames all across the UK By Will Self 10/01/2022
Survey | Northern Ireland 34% of people in Northern Ireland favour reunification By Roderick Parkes 10/01/2022
Antony Gormley: CAVE, 1986, Lead plaster, 195 x 56 x 33 cm Photo: Stephen White Life underground | Contemporary art “Ancient forces are at work” The British sculptor Antony Gormley has been exploring caves since childhood. A conversation about fantasy, fears and the traces of our ancestors that he has encountered underground Interview with Antony Gormley 01/07/2022
The Rótarjökull glacier in 1999 Photo: "The glacier melt series 1999/2019" by Olafur Eliasson, courtesy of the artist, neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York Books | Climate change The new reality Can the climate crisis still be halted? Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, authors of the Paris Agreement, are determined to keep looking forward. By Andri Snær Magnason 10/01/2021
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