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If You Can’t Say Something Nice About The Dead….

Posted on April 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

You really had to be there…in full adulthood …to really know what it was like to live under Margaret Thatcher….whether in Norn Iron or in “the United Kingdom”. Certainly in 1974, she seemed destined to be remembered as Thatcher Milk … Continue reading →

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John McCallister MLA

Posted on April 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

A year is a long time in Politics. Grand National Day 2012 and John McCallister was a guest speaker at the SDLP Youth Conference in Beechmount in West Belfast. He had some nice things to say about SDLP, even asking … Continue reading →

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South Armagh Man Wins Mastermind

Posted on April 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to Mr McQuade (no relation since you ask) from South Armagh who has won BBC Mastermind. I expect that we will read about this on Slugger O ‘Toole where the commentator Sheldon takes an interest in things of interest … Continue reading →

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Working Class?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I am 60 years old. The older I get, the more disturbed I am at pictures of children in distress. Ipossible to see footage from war-torn Palestine and famine-blighted Ethiopia witbeing seeing my grandchildren. And I am sure that the … Continue reading →

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Ashes To Ashes…Norn Iron 1960s

Posted on April 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I never really “got” Ashes to Ashes …or for that matter Inspector George Gently, Foyles War, Call The Midwife and WPC 54. Nostalgia…it’s not what it used to be. We live it seems in washy washy times and the only … Continue reading →

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Vexing Vexillology

Posted on April 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Jamie Bryson is obsessed with Flegs. Willie Fraser is obsessed with Flegs…and so too is Mick Fealty over on Slugger O’Toole. The question has been posed that the National Flag of Ireland seems a bit dated as the “orange” bit … Continue reading →

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What Does The Butchers Apron Mean To You?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I can’t remember if South Sudan is the 193rd or 194th country in the United Nations. Most have…even since 1945… Have been a colony of another nation…..At random, Dominican Republic, Angola, Algeria, Estonia, India, Phillipines, Poland have all been “owned” … Continue reading →

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I Pity The (April) Fool

Posted on April 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I don’t actually remember the classic BBC Panorama “April Fool” prank where Richard Dimbleby reported on the Italian spaghetti harvest. I have of course see footage of it. I do recallBBC Nationwides Luke reply reporting on the Oirish builders who … Continue reading →

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1745…The Mini Series

Posted on April 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I sometimes get the impression that I am living my life back to front. Things that I am doing in my twilight years should really have been done years ago. Later this week, I will be making some radio appearances … Continue reading →

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Paradigm

Posted on March 29, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I blame The Big Bang Theory. For some peculiar reason the word “paradigm” is popping up all over the place. And it made its first appearance on this Blog today. I urge punters NOT to use it. I hate it. … Continue reading →

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