An update on the progress of Havhingsten fra Glendalough [the Sea Stallion from Glendalough]. They’ve been waiting in Båly Harbour, Norway, for a good “North Sea Wind” for five days now and don’t expect to be able to set sail until tomorrow at the earliest. But they’re still hoping to make the Orkney coast by mid-July and to arrive in Dublin on 14th August. And there’s a RTÉ site, with GPS tracking, to complement the official site.
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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 »
Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland is a new academic tome by lecturer and researcher Lee Smithey. In the book the Pennsylvania academic outlines his findings based on 67 interviews over eighteen months with grassroots activists in unionist and loyalist communities and organisations. This is largely a book about men, even though they [...] read our review »
With perhaps the longest title of any book I’ve read this year, The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East gives an insight into the lives of people living in Middle East through the eyes of journalist Neil MacFarquhar. MacFarquhar’s father was a chemical engineer [...] read our review »
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