A bit more north
If you liked Carrie Twomey’s poem ‘The Ghosts of the Road’ from my previous blog, you can find more of her poetry here.
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Books
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Total Politics: Top 20 NI Blogs…
Fair play to Iain, he managed to get over 2,200 people voting in his poll for the top Northern Irish blogs this year… We (just, I imagine) retained our top spot, with Splintered coming straight in at number 2, no doubt his pet subject du jour will have garnered him a lot of fans… I’ve [...] read our review »
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The ANC, the IRA and the rise of influence of the left within Sinn Fein…
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 »
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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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Oh God no….she has a literary agent now.
FJH,
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im sure shes brilliant….but I will pass. I prefer Pam Ayres and McGonigle
No thanks my lad doe,s some good stuff maybe carrie should check his stuff out !
Theres a goodin called Jack & jill.
Now that stuff is seriously scary.
“Bombing and shooting with the best of them” or some such crack
Aye
“the craic we had the day we died for Ireland”
(Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly)
Good God, is this website promoting this stuff?
What is that poem “Fate” all about? Driving someone to his execution?
bohereen,
I particularly liked that one. A lot more interesting a response to Dolours interview on the disappeared than those given by people closer to the events.
Indeed maybe Carrie Twomey is a genius but frankly I dont see it.