Profile for Xan Phillips
Something witty, apt and 2.0'ish will appear here soon.
Latest comments from Xan Phillips (see all)
Xan Phillips has commented 1 times (0 in the last month).
-
Books
-
Legion of the Rearguard – Dissident Irish Republicanism by Martyn Frampton, Book Review
Tweet Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book [...] read our review »
-
Total Politics: Top 20 NI Blogs…
Tweet Fair play to Iain, he managed to get over 2,200 people voting in his poll for the top Northern Irish blogs this year… We (just, I imagine) retained our top spot, with Splintered coming straight in at number 2, no doubt his pet subject du jour will have garnered him a lot of fans… [...] read our review »
-
Ex- Combatants, Religion and Peace in Northern Ireland: Book Review
Tweet It’s probably safe to assume that most people in Northern Ireland would not associate religion either with ‘peace’, or with ‘ex-combatants.’ But a new book by John Brewer, David Mitchell and Gerard Leavey, Ex-Combatants, Religion and Peace in Northern Ireland: The Role of Religion in Transitional Justice (Palgrave, 2013) fruitfully brings the three together [...] read our review »
-
Comment on If Northern Ireland was a Hollywood movie…?
on 13 December 2012 at 3:06 pm
There would be a party, a brilliant party full of lively music, wit and conversation, but the two hosts could not agree.
When one entered in their most colourful outfit, the other would erupt with anger, storm out and return with something more gaudy.
In turn this would make the other host react in a similar manner and so the argument would continue with both hosts trying to outdo each other, leaving either side unable to see that the guests just wanted to have a good time.
SPOILER ALERT
It ends after someone arrives with a new party game involving DNA tests which reveals something outrageous.
Go to comment