Olympic Letter from Japan: protest should not be about obeying establishment rules

British trio edge New Zealand with new Olympic record - as France take bronze

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jim Larkin toured Britain unsuccessfully during the 1913 lockout seeking sympathetic strikes and addressing…

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Less than a year after the Easter Rising the change of heart about the rebellion amongst members of the Irish…

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The pro- and anti-Home Rule campaign was fought on religious as well as political platforms, and in England…

BACK PAGES: In 1912 the Home Rule Bill was going through the House of Commons in London, teasing out the details of the proposal…

British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916-45 By Paul McMahon Boydell Brewer, 516pp

Connect: Last Sunday, the Observer newspaper published an article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Ah yes, this time of year again; and no, it is not merely a disorder of mine, this interest in the Irish role in two world wars…

Nationalism and Independence: Selected Irish Papers by Nicholas Mansergh, ed. Diana Mansergh, Cork, 264pp, £45/£14