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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 DUP Support for Islam4UK parade through Wootton Bassett and Republican parade through Shankill?
on 12 February 2010 at 6:51 pm
A good opportunity to thrash out the parades issues,
bill of rights and just exactly were our politicians stand on these issues. I notice Davis Cameron is being challanged over his visit to apartheid S Africa. Will Nelson Mc Causland be challanged over his “support” for apartheid? Is it still a secret that when Mandela opened up and offered as a host his country for talks between Unionists and Nationalists many years ago(1998?)Unionists refused to travel in the same plane as Nationalist, Unionists wanted seperate buses, seperate hotels and conferences facilities. Nelson Mandela asked the unionist delagation “do you wish to bring back apartheid”?
That answer may be telling.Lily Campbell
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