Belfast blogger Alan Murray is facing charges of harassment for writing about public figures on his blog. His blog is www.holylandswarzone.blogspot.com He campaigns against the privatisation of public housing. One of the only mixed working class areas in Belfast – The Holy Land – was turned into a student ghetto when conversion of houses into [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Save the Blog
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland on June 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Art and the BBC
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the text of a talk I was invited by the BBC Trust to give to a seminar on arts programming by the BBC. The seminar was held on June 24 at Broadcasting House, Belfast. We have a range of arts programmes but they divide into two kinds, one which addresses an audience with [...]
Waking the Dead
Posted in Religion, tagged death, Ireland, Religion on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wee Fergus inched gingerly through the room to the coffin for a look at his grandad, found the waxy corpse interesting for about a minute then went out to play with his ball in the garden.
