The British Council commissioned a number of writers to help us explore the relationship between the two countries. The book and individual chapters can be downloaded free below:

Britain and Ireland: Lives Entwined IV

Individual Chapters

• Introduction David Alderdice

• Who we are, and where we’re going -Fionola Meredith

• Irish Blood English Heart -Rachel Hooper and Joseph O’Connor

• Chums? -Fintan O’Toole

• Headliners Essays - Including:

Introduction: The surroundings that the kids grow up in -Laoise Holohan
Forcing myself to be part of it all -Fionnuala McGill
Taking a leaf out of Japan’s book -Tarah Graham

• On the importance of getting under others’ skins: or, the perils of self-sufficiency -Anne Bonnar

• There is no such thing as ‘bad blood’ -Nick Garbutt

• The enormous condescension of posterity -Claire Hanna

• Friendship our weapon of choice -Trevor Ringland