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Books
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A New Vision for the Catholic Church – Book Review
Tweet The oft-quoted verse from the book of Proverbs, ‘where there is no vision, the people perish,’ (chapter 29, verse 18) opens a new book by Gerry O’Hanlon, A New Vision for the Catholic Church: A View from Ireland (Columba Press, 2011). That verse could be considered an apt summary of the current state of [...] read our review »
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Well meaning though it may be, I’m against teaching history to promote a shared identity
Tweet The historian Tristram Hunt has given a cautious welcome in the Times to Michael Gove’s controversial plans for the history curriculum in England, (£) a topic I raised last month. This is interesting because Hunt is also a Labour MP and pro-Labour reaction to the Gove proposals was generally hostile. Hunt writes: At the [...] read our review » -
Robert Kee, hero of journalism and the television history of Irish nationalism
Tweet Slugger should note the passing of Robert Kee, historian, TV and print journalist and RAF bomber pilot, who has died aged 93. In this age of revisionist debate, his TV history series first shown in 1981 and The Green Flag, the written history of Irish nationalism which accompanied it, were well timed and still stand [...] read our review »
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Fantastic video.
O’Beasley Street
Even better the second time through…
Yeah, posted this about a month ago on my FB page, some great lines throughout the piece. “There’s 10 good reasons to go, but a thousand tiny ones not to”…..just sayin
Crouching tiger -hidden naggin
Brilliant line the mother in law to a tee !
I watched this a few hours ago – sober – and now I’ve watched it again after a few bottles of wine. I still don’t get what he is on about …….. apart from appearing in a vid.
saoirsemeansfreedom: I still don’t get what he is on about
Emigration.
That was one of the worst pieces of pseudo philosophy I have ever heard. What a load of b*****ks.
One mans b*****ks is anothers poetry.
Rat Trap for the 21st century.
Needs subtitles