AT first I thought this comment on Daily Ireland’s fonts was going to be a spoof, but no… apparently there really is a Canadian company that designs typefaces called Shinntype. The company’s site tells us that Daily Ireland is the first newspaper to use the new ‘Nicholas’ fonts. “Nicholas will be released later this year” it adds without irony. You couldn’t make it up…
Not according to metallurgists Tim Foecke and Jennifer Hooper McCarty whose research has suggested that dodgy Harland and Wolff rivets were at fault for allowing the Titanic’s hull to be ripped apart by the pressure of the iceberg impact. With six of the hull’s chambers exposed to the Atlantic waters, the “unsinkable” ship lasted less [...] read our review »
Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book clears [...] read our review »