By the commenter sometimes known as spirit-level. He has an interesting post on his own blog, in which he argues that both Sinn Fein and the DUP are playing at the same, reality-denying game. The result is effectively a zero sum in which the bottom line get reduced further and further.
Coming up to the Halloween holiday, some people might be frightened of the idea of Voices from the Grave – but for others, the chance to hear an oral history of the Troubles from the mouths of two (in)famous protagonists, PUP leader and former UVF member David Ervine, and Brendan “The Dark” Hughes, is not [...] read our review »
The oft-quoted verse from the book of Proverbs, ‘where there is no vision, the people perish,’ (chapter 29, verse 18) opens a new book by Gerry O’Hanlon, A New Vision for the Catholic Church: A View from Ireland (Columba Press, 2011). That verse could be considered an apt summary of the current state of the [...] read our review »
Great little review of Listening to Van Morrison by Griel Marcus… It’s a short book, not a biography or a career survey, but an attempt to follow those moments in Morrison’s music, as he’s made it from his first records with Them, from Belfast in 1965 to the present day, when something happens that breaks [...] read our review »
“Larry, no! Don’t look at the light!”
The brits are not oppressing us. They do not think ulstermen are british like them and would like to be out of here, would love to see us all get along, and they dislike murderous fanatics getting their way.
Anything to deny there?
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Thanks mick,
I don’t however understand any of the above 3 comments left. Never mind.