Exclusive: Andy George, who has been subject to several investigations, believes there is an effort to marginalise the views of those he represents
“I tell you now, there is an attempt by some of the …
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A moment that changed me: the Brexit result came through – and my life in Britain fell apart ⊕
I had my first teaching job lined up and a mortgage application in process. Now it looked like I would have to return to Germany and start training again from scratch. There were just 72 hours to sav…
66 days ago
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives ⊕
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The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
In the early 17th century, the Peruvian city of Potosí billed itself as the “tr…
3 months ago
Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story ⊕
This adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s masterly novel, set in 70s Belfast, sees a Catholic teacher drawn into a dangerous affair with a Protestant barrister. It really hits a nerve
We could be happy toge…
Trespasses: Gillian Anderson steals every scene in this miraculous TV heartbreaker ⊖⊖
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Lola Petticrew and Tom Cullen’s chemistry in this tale of secret passion during the Troubles will floor you. But it is Anderson as a sour, ragey alcoholic who truly mesmerises
It’s cliché to compare a…
5 months ago
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland review – a propulsive story of German resistance ○
A thriller-like account of the influential men and women who opposed Hitler and paid a terrible price
On 10 September 1943, a loose group of well-connected friends met in a small apartment in the Char…
8 months ago
The Ballymena violence has nothing to do with ‘protecting women’. It is racism, pure and simple | Sarah Creighton ○
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that
In 1972, loyalist paramilitaries fired bullets into the home of…
Cal review – grieving Helen Mirren superb in compassionate Troubles romance ○
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Mirren won best actress at Cannes in 1984 for her role as Marcella, who forms a relationship with John Lynch’s Cal – a man complicit in her husband’s murder
Pat O’Connor’s Northern Irish movie from 19…
11 months ago
Flame-haired defiance by a Belfast mural: Hannah Starkey’s best photograph ○
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‘She seemed so strong, so forceful, to be going through the streets dressed like this. The hyper-feminised character she projected was like a riposte to the male violence’
I loved growing up in Belfas…
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