POTD – Nature wins
Tags: Belfast, Botanic gardens, fence, Northern Ireland, POTD - Nature wins, Tree
Topic: Society and Culture
Region: Northern Ireland
Topic: Society and Culture
Region: Northern Ireland
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Spare us a phoney row about racism, we’ve got enough on
A silly media row about racism just had to figure in the riots’ post mortem. Was the Tudor history expert David Starkey racist on Newsnight when he said: The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion. And black and white, boy and girl, operate in [...] read our review »
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Belfast port celebrated as hopes rise for lower corporation tax
The House of Lords was the suitably grand venue for the London launch of Alf McCreary’s magnificently illustrated tome Titanic Port, a history of Belfast Harbour. Before I got a chance to take a good look at my copy, my ears pricked up when the chairman of the harbour commissioners Len O’Hagan said hopes were high [...] read our review » -
Ian O’Riordan’s Miles to Run: An invitation to madness?
Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have seen [...] read our review »
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Nature has a lot to contend with, Moochin!
Love it. Compositionally robust, leading the eye into the centre.
Yes; a great photo.
great shot.love the tree like something out of Harry Potter.
Well raised, Nevin. Land is everything on this island. And the stuff on the land. When one of them thar trees blew down a couple of years ago, a local carpenter went to the individual concerned, and asked to purchase it to actually make a few bits and pieces from the wood.
The response? “Naw. What would I hae tae burn over the winter?” I’d say if the landowners could tear down those trees or block off that road till they all fall, they’d just love to.