September, 2011

He’s the one! Or him? OK, ANYONE…

I used to interterview graduate students who wanted to become teachers. Since there were four applicants for every place on the course, the room tended to have more than its share of tight smiles and leaky armpits. We were looking for several things, principally a personality suited to teaching and recent experience that matched the […]

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He’s the one! Or him? OK, ANYONE…

I used to interterview graduate students who wanted to become teachers. Since there were four applicants for every place on the course, the room tended to have more than its share of tight smiles and leaky armpits. We were looking for several things, principally a personality suited to teaching and recent experience that matched the […]

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Ruthie and me – now it can be told

I was on ‘Jeremy Vine Show’ (BBC Radio 2) this morning – briefly. That’s how radio is – brief. You go in with a dozen points to make and end up lucky to get three of them articulated. My sparring partner was Ruth Dudley Edwards. Ruthie and I go back a long long way, to […]

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Ruthie and me – now it can be told

I was on ‘Jeremy Vine Show’ (BBC Radio 2) this morning – briefly. That’s how radio is – brief. You go in with a dozen points to make and end up lucky to get three of them articulated. My sparring partner was Ruth Dudley Edwards. Ruthie and I go back a long long way, to […]

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John O’Dowd – so how’s he doin’?

Ed Koch when he was mayor of New York used to call to crowds as he passed them: “So, how am I doin’?” John O’Dowd who has been given responsibility for two jobs over the next six weeks with no raise in pay hasn’t time to ask that question so I’ll do it for him. […]

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John O’Dowd – so how’s he doin’?

Ed Koch when he was mayor of New York used to call to crowds as he passed them: “So, how am I doin’?” John O’Dowd who has been given responsibility for two jobs over the next six weeks with no raise in pay hasn’t time to ask that question so I’ll do it for him. […]

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The lives of Gusty Spence and Martin McGuinness

Gusty Spence  and Martin McGuinness share a lot in common, don’t they? Well,  let’s see how that stands up.1. Both men in their early years had a military background. Gusty Spence was a soldier in the British Army, serving (funny how we use that word for what soldiers do) a long way from home, in […]

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The lives of Gusty Spence and Martin McGuinness

Gusty Spence  and Martin McGuinness share a lot in common, don’t they? Well,  let’s see how that stands up.1. Both men in their early years had a military background. Gusty Spence was a soldier in the British Army, serving (funny how we use that word for what soldiers do) a long way from home, in […]

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Two wise men

Nick Garbutt Davy Adams It’s a bit like buses. You keep waiting and waiting, stepping off the pavement to peer up the road to see if the damned thing will ever come. Only when you’ve abandoned all hope do not one but two come chugging along. As for buses, so for worthwhile political articles in […]

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Two wise men

Nick Garbutt Davy Adams It’s a bit like buses. You keep waiting and waiting, stepping off the pavement to peer up the road to see if the damned thing will ever come. Only when you’ve abandoned all hope do not one but two come chugging along. As for buses, so for worthwhile political articles in […]

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