193: Ten thousand doorways

Helen Lewis, John Tomsett, John Keats, Vona Groarke, Seamus Heaney, J.L. Carr, Daniel Willingham, Rachel Ruysch, Gore Vidal.

Oct 11

7

September 2025

192: Wherever life pours ordinary plenty

Nicholas Carr, Rachel Cusk, Caoilinn Hughes, Kyra Davis Lurie, James Marriott, Daisy Christodoulou, Conor Murphy, Mary Oliver, Timothy Snyder. And more.

Sep 27

4

1

191: Carob of Cyprus ink

Molly Twomey, William Wall, Michael Longley, Culture Night, Fintan O'Toole on Easter 1916, Deborah Levy, Alan Jacobs, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Emma…

Sep 13

4

August 2025

190: All things begin in dreams

Florence Knapp, Adrian Lester on Othello, R.C. Sherriff, Anne Enright and Joseph O’Connor on John McGahern, essays on Leaving Certificate English, Oscar…

Aug 30

7

Late summer update, 2025

before The Fortnightly itself returns.

Aug 23

6

2

AI-IA (Artificial Intelligence-Induced Anxiety)

A special single-essay issue, on the widespread dread and anxiety felt by English teachers about AI and the future.

Aug 16

12

3

The Occasional 9

Shannon Vallor & AI, Joseph O'Connor in Rome, Ferdia Lennon in Sicily, Barbara Everett on 'Hamlet', Tom Lehrer & Wernher von Braun, Mary Oliver on…

Aug 9

5

July 2025

The Occasional 8

James Shapiro, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Emma Smith on 'Macbeth', 'Jane Eyre', Robert Seethaler, Richard Flanagan, Sylvia Plath, short reviews (Donal…

Jul 12

7

June 2025

189: Like a tinsmith's scoop

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and summer reading, vaping shelters in Irish schools (not really), Michael Amherst, Seamus Heaney, Agatha Christie, Arthur…

Jun 14

13

English as a subject in Ireland

An interim issue between Fortnightlies 188 and 189 (coming on Saturday), and a rare Monday appearance, for teachers in Ireland who are looking for some…

Jun 9

8

May 2025

188: Flattering beach bunnies

Patrick McGuinness, AI & English, Emma Smith on 'Macbeth', Pádraig Ó Tuama on Denise Duhamel, Rebecca Winthrop with Ezra Klein, Shakespeare in…

May 31

8

187: Enough of chickens

John Warner on writing & AI, English Meet, Agatha Christie, William Trevor & Yiyun Li, Close Reading, Hisham Matar in Siena, RIP Aidan Chambers and…

May 17

10

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