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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 A poem for the day – The Last Poem
on 31 August 2011 at 11:09 am
Mick, I wouldn’t be qualified beyond knowing what I like and don’t like. I’d pitch in though, to help get something off the ground. You’d need someone with a literary reputation to make it respectable though.
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Comment on A poem for the day – The Last Poem
on 31 August 2011 at 10:31 am
Martin, it was good seeing you post poems here. You’ll know yourself that I’d be one for believing that poetry deserves to be more mainstream.
I’d be well happy if Slugger were to have a literary panel (wing sounds more fun) who would look for relevant work to post, like Howard Wright’s poem posted earlier, or even solicit it, that is, ask for submissions with a view to publishing them on the blog. Certainly, I reckon the blog would be enhanced no end with more literary work included in it.
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Comment on If you don’t ask you don’t get…
on 18 March 2010 at 2:57 pm
Henry,
If it were a new party with a new name and a new constitution stating clearly that political violence as a means to achieving an end to the Union is wrong, then you’d have an excellent point. It would probably also need to state that the IRA’s campaign was wrong.
I’ve believed for some time that such a party would be best placed to appeal to Protestants who believe that building a new nation on the island is the best option for all the people on the island.
It would also help to get Sinn Fein members off the hook with Protestants, to some degree, for their association with the IRA’s campaign.
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