The second new FORTNIGHT@50 will be released in both print and digital versions during January.
The primary focus will be on what needs to be done in both parts of Ireland on climate change, with contributions by John Barry, Clare Bailey, Marcus Patton, James Orr, Paddy Hillyard, Jordan Dunbar & Tom Arnold.
There will also be detailed analysis on the Brexit deal and the political prospects for us all in 2021 by Marcus Leroux, Feargal Cochrane, Katy Hayward, Robin Wilson and Paul Nolan; culture/arts coverage by Malachi Doherty, Anne Devlin and Rosemary Jenkinson; and cartoons from Martyn Turner and Marcus Patton.
Issue contents
Politics
Marcus Leroux
Should we believe the opinion polls on unification
Marcus Leroux
Tabulation on other referenda
Paul Nolan
Breaking up the UK: A recipe with three ingredients
Katy Hayward
What the Brexit Protocol deal means for Northern Ireland
Feargal Cochrane
Biden’s Ireland
Robin Wilson
The rocky road to Dublin
Cian O’Neill
Dettol-tinis all round: The London Letter
Climate Focus
John Barry
Climate change?
James Orr
System change not climate change
Marcus Patton
Embodied energy
Jordan Dunbar
Absolutely boggin’
Paddy Hillyard
Water problems
Clare Bailey
The climate bill for Northern Ireland
Tom Arnold
North/South agri-business and emissions
Culture
Malachi O’Doherty
Is Ireland a state of mind?
Arts
Niall McGrath
Three poems
Anne Devlin
Small gestures and seeing voices: the art of Pina Bausch and the importance of the non-verbal
Rosemary Jenkinson
How will Coronovirus change Irish literature?
Reviews
Aaron Edwards
Blame games
Patricia Craig
The Act of Union a review of A Ghost in the Throat
Stuart Bailey
Belfast Blues