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The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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Books: Listening to Van Morrison…
Great little review of Listening to Van Morrison by Griel Marcus… It’s a short book, not a biography or a career survey, but an attempt to follow those moments in Morrison’s music, as he’s made it from his first records with Them, from Belfast in 1965 to the present day, when something happens that breaks [...] read our review »
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Christopher Hitchens, 1949 – 2011
Writer Christopher Hitchens has died aged 62. He was as contrary as he was brilliant. Here is a brief In Memoriam from Vanity Fair (his outlet of choice since 1992) and, here, a longer tribute from his friend Christopher Buckley Stanley in The New Yorker. Better, perhaps, though to post one of Hitchens’ own writings in [...] read our review »
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Comment on #CATJRF: Ownership of assets is tempered by the extent to which you have control…
on 23 February 2012 at 9:52 pm
If anyone gets a chance to go and see this DT it is well worth the visit, and Archie well just to here him is enough?
Renton Community Development Trust
InThe village of Renton in the Vale of Leven near Loch Lomond, population 3000
Archie Thomson MBE, Chair of the Trust, sums up the ethos of the work across Renton:
“We change people not just their environment. We don’t just build houses, we build community and develop local assets. Poor architecture, inappropriate houses and services destroy community. By working with local people and using local knowledge we are re-populating this village. Local people can feel proud to live here: we might not be as affluent as some but we have a cultural wealth that is more valuable.”
http://www.renton-cdt.org.uk/
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Comment on Martin Mc Guinness in conversation with me when he confirmed for the first time his meeting with Fr James Chesney whose name was linked to the Claudy bombing.
on 14 September 2010 at 10:43 am
drip, drip, drip, …………………..
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Comment on Court challenge on Ardoyne Parade
on 27 August 2010 at 10:10 pm
never heard but how many neglected children were lifted by social services from the Ardoyne?
Or are they waiting for Nolan to return?????????
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Comment on Derry/Londonderry will be UK City of Culture 2013
on 15 July 2010 at 10:27 pm
Well done Londonderry.
They are all British City fowk out celebrating this great British City of Culture 2013.
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Comment on Shoot for thrills
on 13 July 2010 at 10:17 pm
Police score own goal in knocking coping stones onto their female officer http://www.u.tv/UTVMediaPlayer/Default.aspx?vidid=131391
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Comment on Ciste nua do Ghaeilge ó thuaidh; ach b’fhéidir go tagann próiseas ró dothuigthe leis
on 25 June 2010 at 1:05 pm
New fund for language north;
but maybe that process comes too incomprehensible to Mick Fealty, Fri 25 June 2010, 1 12:45 pm
thanks to Con about this account on the new investment fund for the language (of the prophet by £ 8m year). But anxiety Con question: who owns the money in this fund? An entirely public, or private party? Perhaps According to what I heard, the Sinn Féin advocates mostly members of this Board. Perhaps the most Gaelic speakers are the exact program, but not sufficient. H the names I heard, recognized b'ainmneacha world of Irish and Sinn Fein party. If there was not an open process for their appointment, both are excellent, there will always questions about the direction this Fund. How will criteria for the investment decisions being made by this Board? Will it depend on what the Irish interest in a particular area – or Sinn Self interest? Perhaps Sinn Féin believes that the same two interest? Tags: new Investment Fund, organizations, Gaeilg
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Comment on SDLP: O’Loan breaks ranks and then is pulled sharply back in…
on 25 May 2010 at 12:31 am
O’Loan has finally let his mask slip to let the rest of you know what we in north antrim have known for years by his actions in the local council, as he always was talking with the same speak as psf
How many more crossdressers are there in the sdlp closet
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Comment on PEBs: The SDLP a mixed bag…
on 13 April 2010 at 10:01 pm
SDLP reject PSF offer of a pack. BBC News 5.00pm
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Comment on Unionist unity candidate declared in Fermanagh South Tyrone
on 9 April 2010 at 8:37 pm
McCoy gets his first winner at Aintree 8/1 Albertas Run. Co. Antrim man
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Comment on Tories: “Fermanagh and South Tyrone has characteristics that are unique within the UK”
on 9 April 2010 at 8:35 pm
McCoy gets his first winner at Aintree 8/1 Albertas Run. Co. Antrim man
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