US views on Irish violence…
THE events of 9-11 are causing some Americans with Irish republican links to agonise over what constitutes a terrorist and what defines a freedom fighter with a legitimate cause.
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Books
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review » -
Graphic portrayals: Northern Ireland, graphic novels and the peace process
Dr Gordon Gillespie, a researcher at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, gave a presentation on “Graphic Portrayals: Northern Ireland, Graphic Novels and the Peace Process”, at the Linen Hall Library. Gordon started with a clarification that he was going to talk about graphic novels/comic books, not cartoons, and material that was [...] read our review »
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“I loathe Ireland and the Irish.”
In the Irish Times, Brian Cosgrove takes up temporary residence in An Irishman’s Diary in the hope that, with the lifting of European copyright restrictions on James Joyce’s major works, a greater familiarity with Joyce’s ”sometimes ruthless realism” may change the nature of the “annual Edwardian charade” that is Bloomsday. From the Irish Times The devastating cultural effects [...] read our review »
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How about a link to this story:
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-01107
Well done Francis Campbell:
British Ambassador to the Holy See, the first Catholic in the post since the Reformation.
Anyone who knew him at Queens knew he would go far, because he told anyone who would listen, that he would.
Good job Francis.
My, you’re insatiable today.
It’ll be up in a minute, but it might be better to email suggestions instead of making requests on threads.
“It’ll be up in a minute, but it might be better to email suggestions instead of making requests on threads.”
Why? when we’ve already discussed that particular story.. back on 15th November when his appointment was announced.
and then we discussed it again
I agree with the emailing of suggestions rather than posting on unrelated threads, btw.. but then it does seem to work..
Now I’ve goshdarn gone and blogged the thing.
This illustrates why emailing works best – it gives me a chance to search the archive!
Anyway, The Tablet article is interesting, if you’ve been following this at all.
Apologies for the repeat, it’s worse than UK Gold here today.