El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast A follow-up analysis to ‘Time to Flip the Switch: An Opt-In Model for Religious ...

I’m reading here about the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent Egyptian pro-democracy activist who first became well known ...

As the year draws to an end, the Financial Times has posted a story revealing that Tokyo has been displaced as the world’s largest city by the Indonesian capital of Jakarta… Alfiyan Elfatah spends ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

There was a discussion recently on Reddit about our parsimonious approach to home heating here in the UK and Ireland. The story started with a discussion from a guy who was looking for advice on how ...

Boxing Day is a significant date in the fox-hunting calendar. Foxes are unaware of this, moving through hedgerows and fields ...

In the spirit of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce of WW1, I ask that you avoid our usual divisive subjects, we want to give the mods a well-earned rest. You can chat about what you are up to today, ...

On a recent speaking engagement, Fintan O’Toole made the observation of how important it is to avoid an Irish unity process that ends up like the brexit process. This is a wish that other analysts and ...

On a recent speaking engagement, Fintan O’Toole made the observation of how important it is to avoid an Irish unity process that ends up like the brexit process. This is a wish that other analysts and ...