When I first heard that a commemorative parade/march was to be held in Castlederg for two IRA volunteers who were killed while transporting a bomb in 1975, I thought it was a bad idea. Marching in general I find faintly absurd: if you want to honour someone or something, is it not possible to do […]
July, 2013
Sauce all round or no sauce at all
When I first heard that a commemorative parade/march was to be held in Castlederg for two IRA volunteers who were killed while transporting a bomb in 1975, I thought it was a bad idea. Marching in general I find faintly absurd: if you want to honour someone or something, is it not possible to do […]
A day of sadness and solidarity
There’s power, soft power – and then there’s community. I was over in West Tyrone at a funeral of a cousin of mine – Tom Dolan – yesterday. It was an impressive experience. There was sorrow at the heart of it, in the loss of a man who was my year in St Columb’s College […]
A day of sadness and solidarity
There’s power, soft power – and then there’s community. I was over in West Tyrone at a funeral of a cousin of mine – Tom Dolan – yesterday. It was an impressive experience. There was sorrow at the heart of it, in the loss of a man who was my year in St Columb’s College […]
Nuclear power and nuclear powers
Japan is a unique country. It’s the only one in the world to have suffered from the dropping of atomic bombs on two of its cities, with terrible consequences. It’s also one of the few countries in the world to have had meltdown in one of its nuclear plants. Right now they’re doing what they […]
Nuclear power and nuclear powers
Japan is a unique country. It’s the only one in the world to have suffered from the dropping of atomic bombs on two of its cities, with terrible consequences. It’s also one of the few countries in the world to have had meltdown in one of its nuclear plants. Right now they’re doing what they […]
A royal arrival – and reactions
Be honest- you gotta hand it to the Brits on these occasions. At least in terms of TV coverage. They had grinning subjects affirming their delight in the royal birth, aerial shots of them thronged round Buck House gates, our own Cathy Clugston showing how being touched by the royal magic can turn a TV […]
A royal arrival – and reactions
Be honest- you gotta hand it to the Brits on these occasions. At least in terms of TV coverage. They had grinning subjects affirming their delight in the royal birth, aerial shots of them thronged round Buck House gates, our own Cathy Clugston showing how being touched by the royal magic can turn a TV […]
Ruth Dudley Edwards, British-Irish and the McCracken Summer School
This morning, not for the first time, I’m preparing to head out to the Mhic Reachtain /McCracken Summer School in Irish. I’d blame my stumbling level of Irish on my Irish teachers when I was young, but then I was pretty disastrous at most of my subjects so that might be unfair. Anyway, I’m looking […]
Ruth Dudley Edwards, British-Irish and the McCracken Summer School
This morning, not for the first time, I’m preparing to head out to the Mhic Reachtain /McCracken Summer School in Irish. I’d blame my stumbling level of Irish on my Irish teachers when I was young, but then I was pretty disastrous at most of my subjects so that might be unfair. Anyway, I’m looking […]