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POTD – Steve Bell
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell discussing his craft yesterday as part of the Out to Lunch festival. The phrase gentle giant could have been written to describe Steve. He ran through some of his more famous (iconic) cartoons and talked about the process of development. My favourite quote from yesterday “Yeah i’ve upset a lot of [...] more »
Behaviour in the presence of strangers not Masons
Hearing the news yesterday of the appointment of Edward Stevenson as the new Grand Master of the Orange Lodge i dug out this little book i picked up last year down at St. Georges market. It’s dated from 1943 so without doubt some of it will be out of date. In the section ‘The Charges [...] more »
Photograph of the Day – You don’t say?
under a weeks accumulated snow,ice,slush,grit ,shit and litter. more »
Photograph of the day – Re-categorised
I’d heard tell of a campaign for people to move Tony Blairs memoir to the crime section in bookshops and in two separate bookshops today it seems that some folks are doing so. more »
Photograph of the Day – They don’t make em like this anymore
Next weekend is European Heritage Open Days which is always good for a nosey. I don’t think this particular building is part of it but it might be familiar to some……. more »
Photograph of the Day – Disappearing Orange
On Sunday i spent the day covering the charity cycle ‘Lap the Lough’ (86 miles clockwise around Lough Neagh). I didn’t make a note of where i took this unfortunately. Anyways another of my bug bears is the flags issue. I think there should be more respect shown and that the flying of these fluttering [...] more »
Photograph of the Day – Zadoc Nava
The exhibition comprises photographs from a number of visits to Iran, in particular the capital Tehran and offers an insight into life in Iran. It’s an interesting exhibition and highlights tensions between the old and the new. Speaking with Zadoc he told me that whilst there was no real problem taking photographs(as ever common sense [...] more »
Photograph of the Day – “Sure all you people do is scare folk”
Walking through town i saw this little tableau and took this photo. I heard Brian say “Sure all you people do is scare folk”. My guess is that the two crouching men were trying to convert Brian and his friend. Since i posted Brian’s photograph a few months ago i have had a couple of conversations [...] more »
Photograph of the day – Linton Kwesi Johnson
Johnson is the second living poet to be published in Penguin Classic series and the only Black poet to be included in the list. Having seen him perform live twice i can’t recommend him enough. The inflection and rhythm of his words are difficult to categorise but his inclusion in the Penguin Classic series is [...] more »
Photograph of the Day – Play me I’m Yours
The 10 pianos have been painted/pimped/decorated by local artists. This lovely(whimsical) project is part of Craft NI craft month. In the last 2 days i have rounded corners to hear unexpected music including a group of around 10 or so singing along to contemporary songs as one of their friends played the tunes (very very [...] more »
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Total Politics: Top 20 NI Blogs…
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… I’ve [...] read our review »
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Against Remembrance – Seminar & Book by David Rieff
Is the best way to overcome the legacy of conflict simply to forget about it? Author and journalist David Rieff spoke on this subject last week in a seminar at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Trinity College Dublin. Rieff has recently written a book titled, Against Remembrance (published in Ireland by Liffey [...] 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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