Summary: some things old, some things new, nothing borrowed, much of it blue.
In reverse order of popularity
10: In memory of my father, Gerry McQuade
9. Leadership in the grey zone – drawing on my book Ethical Leadership to reflect on the contemporary world.
8. My review of Lara Pawson’s extraordinary book of everything, Spent Light.
7. My review of Martin Doyle’s history of the Troubles in his home place, Dirty Linen.
6. My review of The Kidnapping: a hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland, by Tommy Conlon and Ronan McGreevy
5. Still stirring considerable interest, 10 years after its initially blogging: The Doctor and the Saint: Arndahati Roy’s introduction to B R Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste
4. My review of Ellen McWilliam’s sublime Resting Places: on wounds, war and the Irish revolution
3. A long read, but surprisingly popular reflecting, I think, the enduring interest in the man: The human rights Legacy of Roger Casement
2. On western double standards and complicity in the genocide in Gaza: Old habits, new protests: on the politics of Israel’s allies
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