Denis Sampson
- A biography not written (No. 4)
On not writing the life of Conor Cruise O’Brien [essay]
- A nun’s grave (No. 17)
Amidst the bewilderments of the new Dublin and the disgraced Church, the author reflects on the life and death of his aunt, a Mercy nun [essay]
- Chinese lessons (No. 36)
A mysterious tour of China in 1988 [memoir]
- Occasional McGahern (No. 38)
A master’s other voices [review-essay]