Oliver Farry

Contributor

Oliver Farry is a contributor to The Irish Times.

Homelands by Timothy Garton Ash: A tour of Europe with a clear-headed chronicler of the Continent

A fervent supporter of the EU, Garton Ash is still critical of its missteps, and while he has a clear affection for Europe, he is not misty-eyed about it

No Escape by Nury Turkel: Grim but vital read about China’s oppression of Uighurs

An important testimony to one of the greatest humanitarian outrages of our time

Xi: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown: highly readable, concise and nuanced

A ‘man of faith’ and that faith is the chinese Communist Party

Sinostan: Enlightening journey into geopolitics

How trade expansion into Central Asia has built ‘China’s Inadvertent Empire’

Has China Won? Jarringly dispassionate take on geopolitical events

Book review: Kishore Mahbubani sets out to chart China’s upcoming challenge to the US

The Avoidable War by Kevin Rudd: Are the US and China on a collision course?

Review: The book has an avowed mission but it’s not clear what audience it is aimed at

Black British Lives Matter: A book all should read, particularly white people

Review: A grim catalogue of social exclusion edited by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder

Ireland’s pandemic response: new books by Richard Chambers and Luke O’Neill

Richard Chambers’ book is fact-paced and less than flattering to government

1,000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei: Fascinating portrait of a polymath

Book review: Poetic memoir of Chinese artist-turned-activist who remains only partially understood

The Altar Boys: Horrific abuse and cover-up in Australia’s Catholic Church

Suzanne Smith’s account of sexual abuse is notable for the church’s lasting coldness

The Jakarta Method: The US playbook of suppression across the world

Book review: The 1965-66 Indonesian slaughter and its influence on anti-communist governments

Dying for an iPhone: Inside the factories that produce Apple’s bestselling product

Book review: Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Pun Ngai investigate perilous working conditions

How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A haunting debut

Book review: C Pam Zhang’s novel tells the story of two young daughters of Chinese migrants left to fend for themselves

Mind your language – An Irishman’s Diary on learning Cantonese

An Irishman’s Diary on how the military shaped Hong Kong