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In anticipation of Adam Curtis’ new series Shifty, I have been listening to some of his podcast interviews. That gave me an ...
Sinn Féin, the main opposition party, said the commemoration was offensive because it would honour William the Conqueror, ...
John Manley, writing in today’s Irish News (the article is paywalled but if you are subscribed it is a recommended read) ...
Adam Curtis is this brilliantly oddball British documentary maker who’s made a name for himself by stitching together weird archive footage, moody music, and these sweeping, hypnotic voiceovers that ...
Belfast-based litigation and media lawyer Olivia O’Kane said that with a case such as that taken by Mr Adams, “even getting to the door of the court alone could cost parties hundreds of thousands”.
I read the new Pivotal report on young people and the breaking down of barriers in the North, which concludes: “Northern Ireland’s young people remain keenly aware of the divisions in local society ...
Andy Pollak retired as founding director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies in July 2013 after 14 years. He is a former religious affairs correspondent, education correspondent, assistant news ...
The Kneecap controversy from a few weeks ago (which generated these two posts by Brian and Choyaa respectively if you need a refresher) may have slipped from the headlines, but the police ...
The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.
The older I get, the more my inner Presbyterian asserts itself — and nowhere more so than in my loathing of gambling.Of all the addictions, gambling might just be the most ruinous. You can drink ...
The principles underpinning gravity are fairly easy to grasp. The more massive something is, the greater the pull it has on objects within its proximity. The bigger the object, the greater the pull, ...
My buddy and I were in the gallery waiting for AC/DC to take the stage. When the big moment came we were hit with an absolute blast bomb of sound. Angus and the lads were SO loud that our stomachs ...