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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 Conor Lenihan: “Back off Vincent!”
on 21 January 2011 at 12:37 pm
There’s not much difference between politicians, journalists they’re all as bent as each other. Saying & doing what they’re paid to. The good ones are normally shot, the best die from it.
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Comment on Your experiences of the water crisis?
on 30 December 2010 at 1:34 pm
Yeah Siberian winter for two years running & guess what the water pipes in Ireland not up to it shock horror. Some people obviously getting wet over others misfortune…. Hi Mick don’t be holding back on Maggies dept from mid Jan til post election in the interests of fairness & all that!!
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Comment on Still on duty…
on 30 January 2010 at 9:30 pm
billy you do know linking time lines and backslapping your six friends can make you look shockingly biased…
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Comment on What odds a deal?
on 26 January 2010 at 4:55 pm
i believe the current impasse is a sign of the new decade, time for 10 years of unionists taking the hard hits…
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Comment on Poots drops the first DUP ball of the morning…
on 8 January 2010 at 7:41 pm
Paul,
I have spoken to the Aliens, they informed me your brain is on an overnight 1st class service back to the sewer you crept out of 3 weeks ago…
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