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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on Did the DUP ask the nice lady if she would ACTUALLY vote for them?
on 14 April 2010 at 9:22 pm
Harry, you’re missing the point. The UCUNF poster was actually funny. Yours are just crap.
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Comment on Did the DUP ask the nice lady if she would ACTUALLY vote for them?
on 14 April 2010 at 8:16 pm
Harry,
It’s a bit ‘rich’ (oops) the DUP having a go at the rich, when their very own esteemed leader has made himself rather well off on the backs of the taxpayers who elected him, and allegedly, certain property deals.
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Comment on Nothing to stop the election being fun
on 14 April 2010 at 4:58 am
Why does that woman at Free Derry Corner keep clenching and unclenching her fists???
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Comment on “I am fully conscious that I am not the unanimous choice of this assembly…”
on 13 April 2010 at 1:52 am
In other news… what in the name of goodness was that SDLP PEB like tonight???? Cringe!!!!
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Comment on They’re all out to get me!
on 3 April 2010 at 6:39 am
Err Peter, if the land was of no value and wasn’t a ransom strip, why exactly did you want it?
Go now, you odious little twerp.
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Comment on And the Ulster Unionists slowly make up their minds…
on 22 February 2010 at 3:39 pm
“Margaret Ritchie may inject something in the SDLP vote.”
If only someone would inject something in Margaret Ritchie…
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Comment on Cui bono?
on 8 January 2010 at 7:55 pm
As everyone has already stated above, the real dirt may start to come when someone starts investigating the links with the property developers.
The question is though – is our local media actually capable of this kind of investigation any longer?
UTV is apparently more interested is showing photos of snowmen on their news bulletins (unless of course they actually free up enough money to allow a proper journalist like Chris Moore to investigate).
The BBC, as stated elsewhere, had a pretty easy ride with this one as it basically fell into their lap. Do they have the willingness to push this even further?
The Belfast Telegraph is rubbish, and the only person who may do any investigation is David Gordon.
The Irish News could maybe do it, but nobody in the DUP would read it.
So, it’s down to either the BBC or bloggers then. Unless of course certain journalists decide to give up their first-name terms relationship with the First Minister…
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