On the danger of dissing Plato…
Blessed are the Shoemakers… nice vignette from John Holbo at Crooked Timber…
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The Creative Class and Northern Ireland
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 »
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Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Somehow I escaped reading this essential school text, with its story of racism in 1930s American South. Living in Northern Ireland, I draw parallels with sectarianism, with its similar bigotry and prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird was part of a Unite Against Hate campaign event at Parliament Buildings in Northern Ireland, which I’ve written [...] read our review »
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The Written World
Here’s something to keep you occupied over the weekend. [Will there be a quiz? - Ed] Possibly… The BBC magazine has an short and interesting, but un-embeddable, audio slide-show of Melvyn Bragg’s Radio 4 five-parter, In Our Time: The Written World. The British Library has more online information about the texts and technology featured in each [...] read our review »
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Nonsense. Anyone with the moral compass of a codfish can plainly see it is Martin McGuinness’s fault half this man’s shoe fell off. (Or is it that his entire shoe fell half off? )
Thanks for changing the pace with that (admittedly remarkably low key) anecdote. Makes up for my earlier disappointment that Pete Baker’s thread was analysing “the aftermath of a Stalinist putsch,” and not, as my overworked eyes first read, “the arrival of Stalinist kitsch.”
I already had my heart set on the his and her Red Army salt and pepper when I realised my mistake.
susan, do you mean this kind of Stalinist kitsch? Or even this?
lollol.
That will do perfectly, Mick, many thanks. I do hope there will be plenty of sinister wax figure commandants onboard.