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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 East Belfast Spoke Out
on 11 November 2010 at 1:14 pm
Peter Robinson knows McGuinness is a victim maker, yet tonight, to his shame, he will help laud him as a paragon of peace. Remembrance Day is a very precious occasion for many, not least the thousands of the IRA’s victims, including those made victims in the IRA’s Poppy Day Massacre in Enniskillen, but what will Peter Robinson be doing? Lined up at a €200 a plate gala celebration in Dublin with IRA Commander McGuinness, who from his key Army Council role knows all about such atrocities…Peter and IRA Marty best of frienda now.
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