The Guardian – A Time-Travelling Newspaper
Time-travelling reporting with the Guardian – news 24 hours in advance! Oh well. Let us hope they are right and the NÍL sideContinue Reading
Month: May 2012
Wizards and Warriors
For all you hardcore geeks (myself included) the utterly obscure, utterly surreal Wizards and Warriors, a short-lived American television Fantasy series from the early 1980s. If you remember this you are definitely one of the fraternity.Continue Reading
No Peace For The Basque Country
Just a quick post to note the strange events in the Basque Country, both Spanish- and French-ruled, where despite the declared cessation of operations byContinue Reading
A United Ireland – Digitally At Least
Well, better late than never I suppose. From the Hollywood Reporter (ooh-la-la!): “TV viewers in Northern Ireland will be ableContinue Reading
Ag Troid Ar Ais
So you think you live in an Ireland of equals? Think again. From Gaelport: “My name is Niamh Ní ChadlaContinue Reading
Craig Ferguson In Scotland
Thought you might like this one. Scottish comedian and (subversive) chat-show host Craig Ferguson has recently been presenting his US-based Late Late Show fromContinue Reading
Sinn Féin – Missing The Real Irish Revolution
Following on from my criticism of Gerry Adam’s speech at the 2012 Sinn Féin Ard-Fheis in Cill Airne for failingContinue Reading
When No Means No
From the Irish Times: “Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams in his keynote address to the party Ard-Fheis called on delegates and voters generallyContinue Reading
Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide
A quick post to mark a review by Theo Dorgan in the Irish Times of a new biography of the Irish poet Mícheál Ó hAirtnéideContinue Reading
The Two Belgiums
Every now and again I have a look at news and current affairs from Belgium, that most interesting of artificialContinue Reading
A Québec Spring?
Miriam Smith present’s a good analysis on ipoltics.ca examining the influences behind the current turmoil in Québec as students face off against theContinue Reading
So You Think You Know What It Means To Be Irish? Think Again…
During the revival of the French language and culture in Québec in the 1970s and ‘80s it became noticeable thatContinue Reading
Turbulence In Québec A Sign Of Radical Political Change?
So, it seems that the governing (and as we would say over here, “unionist”) Liberal Party in Québec is setContinue Reading
#AngloFail
Two disheartening news items from Celtic Britain, one from Cornwall and one from Wales, both making the headlines. In Cornwall,Continue Reading
A Monument To Freedom Versus A Monument To Greed
From Easter Rising to Celtic Tiger. Which would we rather remember? Or, indeed, celebrate? From the Irish Examiner. “Campaigners have renewed callsContinue Reading
Living Inside The Pale – Or The Contemptible Nature Of Irish Journalism
On June 18th 1994 in the small Irish village of Loughinisland a number of Irish men and women gathered together in their localContinue Reading
Stars Come Out For Scotland
From the Scotsman: “SOME of Scotland’s “leading stars” will lend their support to the campaign for Scottish independence when itContinue Reading
Minding Your Language In Derry
A new survey of local secondary students by Derry City Council has found a fair degree of both use and support amongst pupils fromContinue Reading
Jeremy Brett – The Quintessential Sherlock Holmes
I’ve always been a bit of a Sherlock Homes fan (or the much more impressive Irish form, Searbhlach de Hoilm!),Continue Reading
History And Counter-History In Ireland – Confronting The Apologist Historians
Just a quick post to highlight Protestant Cork 1911-1926, one of the best resources I’ve seen so far on the issue of the alleged declineContinue Reading
Polling The Future
Following on from yesterday’s post about the effects of the right-wing policies of Canada’s Tory-led federal government on the separatist-inclined province (orContinue Reading
The Canadian Right Pushes Away The Québécois Left
There’s a recent article in the Global Post examining the actions of the Conservative Party government in Canada and theContinue Reading
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