Judging a book by its cover

A couple of years ago, I had a rather disturbing experience while reading the RTE Guide.

The fact that I was reading the RTE Guide in the first place was disturbing enough in itself, you might suggest, but let that pass.

It happened as I was scanning a predictably bland ‘at-home’ feature with Ryan Tubridy, then still routinely referred to as RTE’s ‘golden boy’. Clearly keen to burnish his intellectual credentials, Tubridy had ...