Summer YA reading: Romeo and Juliet meet at a death resort while teenagers take over the world
The latest from Kelly McCaughrain, Soman Chainani, Caitlin Devlin, Beth Steiner and newcomer to the genre Tig Wallace
Colonialism
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The Big Payback: The Case for Reparations for Slavery – an accessible examination of the legacy of the slave trade
Despite the gravity of the subject matter, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder’s fascinating book asks difficult questions in a simple manner and is shot through with humour
Palestine 36 review: ‘We don’t want another Ireland on our hands’
This film, set during the 1936 Arab Revolt, confirms our worst suspicions about the British colonial experience in the Holy Land
I’ve promised to give a speech, but am freaking out. You see, I’m a big thick
This was supposed to be the year I would slow down, say no to things
Irish people support Palestinians because they recognise the settler colonial process at play
Worldview: Ireland was a pioneer settler colony of England
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis – a trenchant account of colonialism
Tao Leigh Goffe makes the case for 1492 being the ‘ground zero’ of both colonial conquest and today’s climate emergency
Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
How did European identity develop? Three authors take on colonialism, imperialism and witchcraft
Three monumental academic titles, whose authority is grounded on expert scholarship but whose style is for the general reader, shake up our westernised view of the world
My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin – An intense history of colonialism
Blouin’s story serves as a microcosm for the near misses, cycles and reason-defying hope that characterise Africa’s past
On Beast Games, MrBeast gives away islands. This will be familiar to the Irish as ‘colonialism’
There is no rhyme or reason to success or failure on Prime Video’s gameshow. MrBeast’s message for our children seems to be that life is arbitrary chaos
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