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Great BIG Politics Quiz: prizes to vie for!

Patrick Corrigan on September 15, 2011, 7:48 pm

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Courtesy of Stratagem, here’s the awesome prize list for the Great BIG Politics Quiz, supported by Slugger O’Toole, and being held next Thursday, 22 September at 7:45pm in the Black Box, Belfast. There’s enough in this valuable prize hamper to keep even the most anorakish of political anoraks going for quite some time – and plenty to share amongst your triumphant quiz team-mates. “The Thick of It Series 1 & The Special Boxset” DVD “Last Mitterand,the [DVD]” “Pistols at Dawn: Two …

Save the date: the Great Big Politics Pub Quiz is back!

Patrick Corrigan on September 6, 2011, 11:08 pm

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Who has the sharpest political brains in Northern Ireland? We’ll soon find out. Yes, it’s time to pit your wits against the finest minds(!) at Stormont as Slugger O’Toole brings the return of the Great Big Politics Pub Quiz. Date: Thursday 22 September at 7:45pm. Venue: The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast. This is what happened last year, according to Alan in Belfast, as over £1,000 was raised for charity in Haiti and Stoops to Conquer, the South Belfast SDLP …

POTD – Bar Stool Republican

Moochin Photoman on June 12, 2011, 9:48 am

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One of the “events” at Flatlake Literary Festival was a Gonzo Zoo which had actors playing various caricatures of the Irish. From the unemployed builder, to the Irishman abroad and as pictured the Bar Stool Republican. There was also a liberal left winger, an angsty singer song writer and a pair of boy racers, complete with a souped up car revving away whilst pumping out a heavy drum and bass tune.It was funny to walk past the various characters and …

POTD – Dansko Gida

Moochin Photoman on May 31, 2011, 9:01 am

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Dansko Gida from Vorsland in the Kaash republic, engages with a local yoof in an attempt to get him to ‘Kiss the duck’ which an old Kaash tradition. Part of the Festival of Fools ‘Sunday Treats’ at Cotton Court every Sunday through the summer at 2pm and 4pm Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many …

POTD – “It couldn’t happen here”

Moochin Photoman on January 9, 2011, 10:02 am

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One of the 10 spoof posters on display at the Black Box for gigs that “could have been or should have been” as part of the Out to Lunch festival 10 local designers were specially commissioned by Dragon records to produce the posters which are limited to an edition of 10 each and, at £25 each, seem to me to be a bargain for a unique and distinctive piece of art. I know which one i’ll be buying. This by …

Photograph of the Day – Incoming

Moochin Photoman on June 6, 2010, 9:32 am

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Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been the recipient of a number of grants from the …