There’s a story told about James II as he was fleeing from the Battle of the Boyne. He needed to get across the river at a particularly wide point, and quick, so he hired this ferryman. After a while the ferryman looked over his shoulder and said “Here – I know you. You’re James II! […]
May, 2011
Time to rock the boat and rock the vote
There’s a story told about James II as he was fleeing from the Battle of the Boyne. He needed to get across the river at a particularly wide point, and quick, so he hired this ferryman. After a while the ferryman looked over his shoulder and said “Here – I know you. You’re James II! […]
The Leaders’ Debate: Five things we now know
Five things we know after the Leaders’ Debate last night: 1. Maggie Ritchie has reverted. For a while she had gone a bit Thatcher – the naturally grinding voice transformed overnight into a near-whisper. It mustn’t have worked because last night she was back at her biting-the-big-Halloween-apple best. As for other features of her speaking […]
The Leaders’ Debate: Five things we now know
Five things we know after the Leaders’ Debate last night: 1. Maggie Ritchie has reverted. For a while she had gone a bit Thatcher – the naturally grinding voice transformed overnight into a near-whisper. It mustn’t have worked because last night she was back at her biting-the-big-Halloween-apple best. As for other features of her speaking […]
You mean there’s an election in two days’ time? Geddoutahere!
Maybe it’s started. You know those short periods of time that pass but somehow you don’t notice them and can’t remember them afterwards. You’re driving from Belfast to Omagh and suddenly you realize you’re at the Ballygawley Roundabout and for the life of you you can’t remember the last five miles. Maybe that’s what happened […]
You mean there’s an election in two days’ time? Geddoutahere!
Maybe it’s started. You know those short periods of time that pass but somehow you don’t notice them and can’t remember them afterwards. You’re driving from Belfast to Omagh and suddenly you realize you’re at the Ballygawley Roundabout and for the life of you you can’t remember the last five miles. Maybe that’s what happened […]
Some thoughts on the killing of Osama bin Laden
A man who taught in China told me yesterday that he used to call on his former students from time to time. First, though, he had to let them know he was coming. If he didn’t, they risked being unprepared and losing face, and that was a very serious matter for them. It sounds odd […]
Some thoughts on the killing of Osama bin Laden
A man who taught in China told me yesterday that he used to call on his former students from time to time. First, though, he had to let them know he was coming. If he didn’t, they risked being unprepared and losing face, and that was a very serious matter for them. It sounds odd […]