http://awightman.wordpress.com/That Sun headline was in the Ulster version of the paper, duly noted by the BBC in its Paper Monitor page. Overdue thanks to: Alan; Eolaí gan Fhéile ; Ciaran; Ed; P O’Neill; Matt; Andrew; Ford Street; Sam; Global New Media; South Belfast Diary; Green Ribbon; Kenny; UK Daily Pundit; and Mamam Poulet. To mention, but a few…
How has Ulster unionism arrived at where it is today – fractured and uncertain, yet dominated electorally by the DUP, a party that tells us it offers unionists sure footing in uncertain times? In his latest book, Ulster’s Last Stand? Reconstructing Unionism after the Peace Process (Irish Academic Press, 2010), Prof. James McAuley from the [...] read our review »
A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the Afghan [...] read our review »
As part of NICVA’s series of masterclasses from its Centre for Economic Empowerment project, there was a morning seminar on the topic of the “creative class” (as popularised by Richard Florida) and its applicability to Northern Ireland. The agenda was to: Explain Richard Florida’s idea of the “creative class” and the link between economic outcomes [...] read our review »