A Modest Proposal General practice from the first page to

from the first page to the last' Emma Cooper

The Republic is in crisis

Ole Kirk Christiansen

Mallika Naguran's debut collection of short stories reveals women's unquenchable thirst for life without being unfazed by cruel turn of events

answers begin to fall into place

A Modest Proposal General practice from the first page to"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust." Jonathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet is at once a denunciation of the mistreatment of Ireland's poor and a daringly inventive comic rhapsody. Still shocking in its defiance of good taste and unrivalled in its evisceration of political