RONAN McGREEVY Faber and Faber £20 ISBN 9780571372805 Reviewed by John M. Regan Writing in his diary in September 1920, Henry Wilson recorded British Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill’s reaction to news from Ireland that ‘Shinners’ were being secretly assassinated by the Crown forces. ‘Winston saw very little harm in it,’ wrote Wilson, ‘but it horrifies ... Read more
