Machnamh is an Irish word meaning reflection, meditation and contemplation, a fitting word to describe Michael D Higgin’s musings on imperialism in today’s Guardian. Imperialism, as in the English kind, in Ireland. Interesting and timely to see it there. He talks of “a hospitality of narratives”, a term Irish philosopher Richard Kearney uses to acknowledge that different, informed perspectives on the same events can co-exist.
Sometimes a reframing of narratives can be the only way forward, where each find its place and feel at home.
Bronagh Slevin 