1169 and counting is a marvellous site with, as the title suggests, a long long memory. Unashamedly unreformed Republican in its perspective, it is never less than compelling reading for any one interested in the Irish Question. Just keep on scrolling.
World by Storm has a nice piece up on the IRA’s role in helping MK, the armed wing of the ANC, in the 1980s. In particular he sees a strange alchemy at work there: …if one can think of a clearly legitimate contemporary struggle it was that against apartheid and it is to the credit [...] read our review »
Is the best way to overcome the legacy of conflict simply to forget about it? Author and journalist David Rieff spoke on this subject last week in a seminar at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Trinity College Dublin. Rieff has recently written a book titled, Against Remembrance (published in Ireland by Liffey [...] read our review »
*Blush* !
Was’nt expecting that !
Thanks for the kind comment , ‘Slugger’ – am choking-up here .
Thanks for the plug – might win that damn award yet ….. !
Sharon.