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Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Somehow I escaped reading this essential school text, with its story of racism in 1930s American South. Living in Northern Ireland, I draw parallels with sectarianism, with its similar bigotry and prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird was part of a Unite Against Hate campaign event at Parliament Buildings in Northern Ireland, which I’ve written [...] read our review »
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Children of the Revolution (Bill Rolston)
What was life like for children of political activists during the Troubles? A new book by Bill Rolston and published by Guildhall Press during the summer has collected together the stories of twenty Children of the Revolution whose parents’ activities – and in many cases, imprisonment – had a significant affect on childhoods and life [...] read our review »
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The lost art of reading (or drowning in too much information)…
Here’s a great review of a fascinating book (H/T reader Rory) on how the Internet is destroying our capacity for intelligent, focused and critical thought. It opens thus: …here is the news that Ulin brings in this slim, meandering book: that reading is “an act of contemplation”; that such an act becomes more difficult in [...] read our review »
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Comment on Team Martin McAuley for North Belfast…
on 19 April 2010 at 11:55 pm
Kevin: The constitutional question might be ‘tribal’ because it correlates with religious splits but that of course doesn’t mean the issue actually is ‘tribal’ far from it.
I love that phrase, ‘normalise politics’. What does that mean? It’s bullshit; if normal is defined as what people think about, do and have done for hundreds of years then unfortunately for you (and everyone else like Alliance), normal means having a constitutional position.
Also what you say would seem to suggest that, the constitutional issue has no baring on all those normal things the rest of the world worries about – jobs, education, economy, housing etc. I would beg to differ.
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Comment on Team Martin McAuley for North Belfast…
on 19 April 2010 at 11:21 pm
Do ‘They’ Mark?
BTW, McAuley’s target demographic:
Young / Constitutionally Agnostic / Small Government / Pro-Academic Selection / Anti Tuition Fees / Anti 50:50 Policing
where do they hang out? If at all, if in North Belfast at all….
Best of luck with that.
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Comment on Team Martin McAuley for North Belfast…
on 19 April 2010 at 10:58 pm
Keithbelfast: “there isn’t just nationalism and unionism in Northern Ireland.”
That’s beside the point Keith. Martin McAuley may not define himself by his constitutional position however he’s clearly not agnostic on that point. It’s only fair and honest to respond to that head on – as it stands, from his writings, it’s clear that he is not in favour of a United Ireland.
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Comment on Nice propaganda piece from a DUP supporter…
on 1 April 2010 at 11:35 pm
“Nice propaganda piece from a DUP supporter”
Mick, I hope this is your idea of April Fools cos that video is shite. Maybe you think 162 views is good though.
(actually 162 less the number of views generated by this thread)
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Comment on “and I intend to get therapy.”
on 17 February 2010 at 8:44 pm
pippakin: “we are talking child abuse, tee hee hee.”
Maybe you are Pippakin but Pete Baker certainly isn’t.
When will Pete Baker move to ATW?
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Comment on Senior SF member critical of Adams
on 31 January 2010 at 3:13 am
Eileen Calder: “maybe this will encourage others to do the same and put the rights of abused children before misguided loyalty to senior party members”
How about putting the rights of victims before friends in the media, eh Eileen?
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Comment on From the Rape Crisis Centre on Sinn Fein’s response to the Sunday Tribune
on 21 January 2010 at 5:17 am
Jimmy_Sands: I can certainly see why she would consider it important to cultivate one of the few reporters….
Cultivate… at whose expense?
In this case we can see Eileen Calder abandon a victim in the process of trying to save Suzanne Breen’s skin. You can argue about the people here, you can argue about SF or the IRA – they are all important arguments to have (and no-one can deny they’re being had) but Calder has jumped into this cluster-fuck of a situation with both feet and in doing so has not only compromised herself but also the RCC. For the sake of the RCC she has to go.
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Comment on From the Rape Crisis Centre on Sinn Fein’s response to the Sunday Tribune
on 20 January 2010 at 2:29 am
Eileen Calder has to go.
To voluntarily involve the RCC into a political cluster-fuck like this is unbelievable. She has dented the reputation of her organisation, an organisation that should be above politics.
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