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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 They’re all out to get me!
on 3 April 2010 at 3:43 am
Beyond arrogance.
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Comment on 17 out of 18
on 21 March 2010 at 3:03 am
South Antrim’s not decided – I wonder if they’ll pick Adrian Watson after all. That’d be complete electoral suicide.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/18/tory-ulster-unionist-homophobia
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Comment on Michael Foot – 1913-2010
on 4 March 2010 at 1:33 am
“We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth, and if you ask me about those insoluble economic problems that may arise if the top is deprived of their initiative, I would answer ‘To hell with them.’ The top is greedy and mean and will always find a way to take care of themselves. They always do.”
Foot had it spot on.
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Comment on Eddie McGrady to stand down
on 26 February 2010 at 5:30 am
It does make sense to progress the younger members through the party, but I honestly think Alban Maguinness deserves to be “promoted”. After all he’s an extremely competent and aware politician, despite having the charisma of a coffin lid.
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Comment on Eddie McGrady to stand down
on 26 February 2010 at 5:22 am
*who would
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Comment on Eddie McGrady to stand down
on 26 February 2010 at 5:22 am
According to the Bel Tel,
“The party declined to comment on speculation Ms Ritchie might seek SDLP permission to stand for the Westminster constituency.”
Sounds like she’s considering a go at Westminster although I imagine she would simply have to stand down as an MLA, in which case, would would become Minister for Social Development?
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Comment on Eddie McGrady to stand down
on 26 February 2010 at 4:38 am
I can’t see this happening. Ritchie left her council seat under the SDLP policy to end “double jobbing”. Surely she couldn’t be both an MLA and MP, and to do so would be sheer hypocrisy.
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Comment on Diddly diddly Dave
on 24 February 2010 at 2:20 am
All together now…
There’s no-one as British as Pete Robinson! (8)
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Comment on Gerry on the Holy Land, Jesus, Roman Imperialism and…
on 22 February 2010 at 2:12 am
Thank God I’m an atheist. Anyone can hijack religion to justify their own motives, unfortunately.
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