Fergus Finlay channels a famous French astrologer and attempts to pick out some possible 2021 highlights

'My missus doesn’t believe in being grateful for charity and she certainly doesn’t believe in second-class citizenship,' writes Fergus Finlay

Boris Johnson is torn between reason and unreason, between those who believe Britain will be damaged for years by no deal and those who believe sovereignty is the only thing that will set Britain free

After years of seeing their leaders exploit a national sense of entitlement, the people of Britain haven’t the faintest idea of what’s about to befall them, writes Fergus Finlay

A clear majority of us don’t want to give it a lash at Christmas time – we want a quiet and safe Christmas

I was raised on Charles Dickens, by a mother who believed his books were children’s stories. But actually an awful lot of Dickens is grim.

Social democracy has allowed itself to be marginalised and it needs to fight back, writes Fergus Finlay

Donald Trump is a bad man who won the US Presidency by tapping into something dark and different in the American psyche. That’s not the basis for an enduring movement

It’s crucial for America that Trump is replaced by someone who wants to bind up the country’s wounds, writes Fergus Finlay

The Dáil and the Seanad owe a debt to the women and children involved. They owe them the truth, writes Fergus Finlay