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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on OFMdFM: their hearts will go on
on 14 April 2012 at 11:18 am
Yes Martin, just a little further – keep walking.
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Comment on Sinn Fein’s seven goals towards unification?
on 8 April 2012 at 9:03 am
Re achieving goal 3 – sf disbanding would be a good start.
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Comment on Vatican moves against turbulent Irish priest…
on 7 April 2012 at 12:50 pm
Install Reformation 2.0
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Comment on Robinson: “Only those who can adapt to changing circumstances remain standing”
on 30 March 2012 at 12:03 am
Most Interesting and best written article in a long while
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Comment on Who was Britain’s most formidable enemy?
on 16 March 2012 at 10:05 pm
It could be argued that Collin’s actions led to the UK losing a sizeable proportion of its land – herr Hitler or napoleon didn’t manage that.
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Comment on “Time for the beginning of a calm debate” on Northern Ireland’s Demographics
on 4 January 2012 at 5:13 pm
Looks like we could be living in interesting times.
However, I’d say there would need to be an 80% Catholic and 20% Protestant population for a 50%+1 vote to be in favour of NI leaving the UK. Clearly that’s never going to happen.
What will be interesting will be the options if Scotland votes to leave the union, and England decides to retrench back to an England & Wales union, which would probably find favour in England.
What does NI do then? Become independent or Unite with the ROI.
NI becoming independent isn’t going to be so popular with the Protestant population if they become a minority within NI. Because, isn’t that what they have feared all along?
If Scotland leaves, I think England will want to hive off NI to join with the Republic, and put in place a mechanism to make it happen.
If NI brings the BBC with them I’ll consider the union
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Comment on Royal Wedding
on 29 April 2011 at 7:58 am
Correction 5 bottles of champage – things could get messy!
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Comment on Royal Wedding
on 29 April 2011 at 7:54 am
Here in the “Republic” were I work there’s a bottle of champagne in the fridge to celebrate the big moment.
But, I work with luvies in the media, so they can’t be helped
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Comment on Defending What Doesn’t Work?: Catholic Education
on 13 April 2011 at 8:01 am
Hi ForkHandles,
At the risk of derailing the thread… yes, we don’t yet understand what happened prior to a nanosecond before the universe came into being – CERN may shed light on this before long – in the mean time lets credit a of your choice. Now yeah don’t see it… Now yeah do!
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Comment on Defending What Doesn’t Work?: Catholic Education
on 12 April 2011 at 7:04 pm
RC religion classes were great – perfect for getting your homework done.
I would have thought protestants were less likely to attend church compared to catholics. Hasn’t COE attendance (still the biggest in the UK) pretty much collapsed?
I’m not doubting the possibility of students going through 12 years of religious education and not being familiar with the bible. You cannot teach something like religion to someone that doesn’t believe in it.
It’d be like going to a science class and being told the earth was created some few thousand years ago. Such knowledge would not have much possibility to stick.
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