The Neo-Celtic Architectural Revival That Wasn’t
Most observers agree that the applicability of the term “Celtic architecture” is largely a matter of perception since no such tradition of buildingContinue Reading
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All Criminals Are Equal, But Some Criminals…
Julien Mercille, geopolitics’ lecturer at UCD, writing for the broadsheet.ie in August: “Last week confirmed once again that in Ireland, theContinue Reading
The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special
With all the hype this week surrounding the release of J. J. Abrams’ new addition to the Star Wars franchise, “Star Wars: The ForceContinue Reading
Blondie, Rapture – Rhythm Scholar Doomsday Deathmix
I must admit to being somewhat obsessed with this darkly atmospheric version of Blondie’s 1980 post-disco classic, “Rapture”, released byContinue Reading
Licio Gelli, The Fascist Spider At The Heart Of Italy’s Right-Wing Web
The problem with conspiracy theories is that every now and again one of them turns out to be true. ThatContinue Reading
Trolling The Brits For Lolz
A further display of idiotic, post-imperial amnesia by our neighbours across the Irish Sea in this report from The Journal.ie: “ANOTHER AWARDS NOMINATION announcement,Continue Reading
Progressive Nationalists Make Gains In Corsica
While the vast majority of the foreign press has focused on the unexpected failure of Marine Le Pen’s right-wing Front National toContinue Reading
The Old, Old Story
From two newspaper articles over the last twenty-four hours. The Derry Journal reporting on the opinions held in 1972 by the BritishContinue Reading
War Nerd Radio, December Podcasts
I thought some ASF readers might be interested in the two most recent episodes of the War Nerd Radio, a newsContinue Reading
How The Irish Government Covered Up The Murder Of An Irish Citizen
Forty-seven year old Séamus Ludlow, a quiet, unassuming life-long bachelor, was something of a man of habit. On the afternoonContinue Reading
The European Union, A Political Pyramid Scheme
Corruption, patronage, nepotism, inefficiency and irresponsibility are terms which have become synonymous with the internal bureaucratic workings of the European Union. From topContinue Reading
Donald Trump, Gerry Adams And The US Media’s British Blind Spot
When the American news and current affairs website, the Daily Beast, needs a reporter to write a piece on Donald Trump’sContinue Reading
Turkey’s Invasion Of Northern Iraq
The left-leaning blog, Moon Of Alabama, has published a number of insightful articles in recent days on a serious military escalation in the MiddleContinue Reading
Daorstát Éireann, The Unfree State
When left-wing and independent TDanna and councillors are being lifted off the streets or taken from their homes and constituency-offices by theContinue Reading
The Glass Ceiling In The Star Wars Triology
Here’s something to annoy the Sad Puppies crowd, a super-cut of all the spoken dialogue from women other than Princess Leia inContinue Reading
English Only, In Beirut’s American Restaurant
In relation to my recent posts on the discrimination faced by Irish- and Welsh-speakers in their respective nations, where intolerance of theContinue Reading
The Celtic Language Insurgents
Predictably enough, following the successful intimidation of a small community council in the majority Welsh-speaking village of Cynwyd by English language lobbyists, weContinue Reading
The British Attempted To Defeat The UDA? The British Were The UDA!
Mhairi Black MP, the left-wing political poster-child of the SNP, writing in Scotland’s pro-independence National newspaper, explaining her opposition toContinue Reading
ASF-TFIF Brings You Dancing Predators With Danny Glover
Following a purgatory week of meetings and teleconferences of questionable merit – slidey-widey PowerPoint presentations being a poor substitute for empirical evidence, no matterContinue Reading
Drowning Welsh-Speakers In The English Language
A few days ago I highlighted a story from Wales where an anglophone lobbyist in the village of Cynwyd, a majority Welsh-speaking areaContinue Reading
British Airstrikes In Syria, Action Without Purpose
Two bravura opinion pieces from the Celtic world protesting the bellicosity of Greater England’s morally bankrupt political classes and their determination to condemnContinue Reading
The British Army In Ireland: Murder, Mayhem And Madness
From the legendary investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell, a series of articles written for the New Statesman magazine in May 1984, describingContinue Reading
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