OK class – yesterday we looked at what money the British government pushed our way, and how slippery it is to put an exact figure on it. But the sum we can say with some certainty is not the trumpeted figure of £23.8 billion – it’s somewhere between £18billion and £19 billion. Today let’s consider […]
July, 2015
HONEY BOUND by Harry McAvinchey
The only thing that can possibly ruin the beauty and stillness of this beautiful July morning is the awful harsh quacking of that wee discontented dog. No…it’s not barking mad…it’s quacking mad.It probably hears some equally noisy little mutt annoying someone else’s reverie some two miles away and is answering in kind. Quack, quack…..Somebody…please give […]
HONEY BOUND by Harry McAvinchey
The only thing that can possibly ruin the beauty and stillness of this beautiful July morning is the awful harsh quacking of that wee discontented dog. No…it’s not barking mad…it’s quacking mad.It probably hears some equally noisy little mutt annoying someone else’s reverie some two miles away and is answering in kind. Quack, quack…..Somebody…please […]
You can’t eat a flag so let’s try some figures
Economics is described as ‘the dismal science’, which makes me feel better about being bewildered by it most of the time. On the other hand, I have, with the help of the present Mrs Collins, managed to establish how much we take in by way of salaries and how much we send out in the […]
Some baffling questions about the Orange Order. Can you help?
It’s always good to be open to new information. Sometimes that information can jar against the information already in your head, contradicting it or scraping abrasively against it. Other times it fits in neatly with your current world view. I had an experience of the former yesterday, so I’d be grateful if someone could […]
‘Don’t Dance For Israel’ by Eddie Whyte
[Eddie Whyte is originally from Belfast. He now lives and works in Norway] An event billed as the first ever Irish Feis in Israel is scheduled for August the 15th in Tel Aviv. It is being organized by the Carey Irish Dance Academy based in Birmingham, England under the auspices of the governing body for […]