Rising Explained

If you’re looking to read only one thing about Ireland’s Easter Rising, the centenary of which was celebrated in front of Dublin’s General Post Office yesterday, go with Colm Tóibín’s “After I am hanged my portrait will be interesting” in the current London Review of Books. It is rather long, but it is one of those rare pieces which warrants the length, so carve some time out for it when you have a chance.