The malignant narcissist is so fragile, paranoid and insecure that their behaviour will be wildly volatile, unpredictable and incoherent. Sound familiar?

A recent march against the far-right in London had tangible physical and mental benefits for me

Seeking self-worth and validation in external possessions is like building your house on the edge of a cliff

Our emotions are now commodities, to be harvested, manipulated, and sold back to us

Unlike in the US, March 17 in the UK used to be a small thing that happened in a handful of Irish pubs in immigrant postcodes... that has changed

I’m not in the business of harming things, never mind killing them. But I can’t stand in the garden for the next three days.

You'd be forgiven for questioning their judgement on removing 'free Palestine' but retaining that slur

Coming back from three months fannying around Thailand with your laptop feels like recovering from a brain injury. You have to relearn the basics from scratch

Ireland may be small and not terribly important to a megalomaniac monster, but we have core values. We have core principles. We don’t like bullies. We don’t need to appease a rogue regime out of fear, or out of tradition, or out of anything

What the conversation around the Irish Traitors and swearing fails to acknowledge is class.