“TO everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” Ecclesiastes. Or The Byrds. When faced with political drift in a climate of political chaos, it is difficult to determine what season we are in. In this time of political climate change, we just don’t know what coat to put on. Since the […]
That Squinter Review – July to December
JULY DEE Stitt is on Twitter. Or, more accurately, David Stitt BSc Hons is on Twitter. Arlene Foster’s erstwhile photo companion has been busying himself of late on the Kilcooley bonfire in Bangor, which he’s determined to ensure is the biggest and the best in Are Wee Country. First up, Squinter’s not sure what Science […]
When America bombed its own citizens
FEW of us could point out Puerto Rico on a map of the world but fewer still are aware that this tiny Caribbean island, now a US territory, once boasted an independence movement which collaborated with De Valera. That gap in our knowledge has now been put right with the the timely publication of the […]
Pic of the day, Thursday, January 3
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Pic of the Day, Friday December 21
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Man found guilty of carrying INLA flag at Easter
IN what is believed to be the first case of its kind, a Belfast court has found a man guilty of carrying a flag during an Easter Sunday parade on the Falls Road. Last Friday, West Belfast man Sean Carlin appeared in Laganside court and was sentenced under the ‘Terrorism Act 2000’ and in particular […]