Gregory Campbell the moderate? Almost as soon as the DUP walked out of the Good Friday Agreement talks, the NIO got a surprising private message from Campbell & Nigel Dodds - which hints at DUP willingness to engage with SF far earlier than widely thought.
There are a host of other events in Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk & Dublin: William Dalrymple, Roy Foster, Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, David McCullagh, Jan Carson, Lata Sharma, Malachi O'Doherty & many more. I'll also chair a discussion on 'These Entwined Isles: Past, Present and Future'.
Still a few places.
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A poem for the day from Exposure: war media, democracy www.ffolio.wales/products/978... from www.cultureanddemocracypress.co.uk/shop/p/star-...
Next Saturday 16th May Waterstone's Coleraine 2pm @waterstones.bsky.social EXPOSURE: war, media, democracy
Colm Tóibín compliments “For and Against a United Ireland” in this piece for @nybooks.com.
The book, written by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social, was commissioned by @arinsproject.bsky.social — a joint project of the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie).
Sam McBride
Sam McBride
Today 3rd May UNESCO World Press Freedom Day www.unesco.org/en/days/pres... #WorldPressFreedomDay @irishpen.bsky.social @willhaycardiff.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social www.cultureanddemocracypress.co.uk/shop/p/star-... 'EXPOSURE: war, media, democracy'
Colm Tóibín on the possibility of a united Ireland
NationCymru’s Des Clifford launches his first book this week, exploring the next era of Welsh democracy. Jon Gower finds out more wp.me/p8Mk4U-1jH4
Angela Graham
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Angela Graham
Angela Graham
Working on set-list for reading at Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway, this Sunday 26 April at 4.00pm in the Mick Lally Theatre, with Mary O'Malley and Paul Perry. So, if you're the City of the Tribes, be nice to see you there. Tickets at this link:
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