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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 “with as much transparency as is possible to achieve without compromising our operations”
on 5 March 2010 at 10:10 pm
In the real world,are the Fools on the Hill responsible for anything?
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Comment on Non-IRA member gives view on ‘ceasefire soldiering’
on 25 February 2010 at 11:09 pm
Ardoyne Republican should brush up on the use of the fáda also.
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Comment on The (er, another) Hillsborough Agreement…
on 5 February 2010 at 8:49 pm
I thought that the Hillsborough Talks were to sort out outstanding issues from the St. Andrews Agreement, yet item 5 of this new Agreement has been inserted to sort out outstanding issues from the St. Andrews Agreement! Are we in for another groundhog day?
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