Tag Archives: Conflict Resolution

Ukraine

Posted on March 1, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

First of all, I “stand with Ukraine”. One of the strange things about the last week is that people see parallels with the Past and other people don’t see any. It is a curious mixed bag. First off, people tell … Continue reading →

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Decade Of Half Centenaries: Deaths January 1972

Posted on January 31, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

We have had the Decade of Centenaries. It was little more than an attempt by (some) academics to help us “understand” the background of the Troubles (which began in 1969) thru seminal events like the Ulster Covenant, Easter Rising, First … Continue reading →

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Three Decades of Half-Centenaries

Posted on January 3, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

When I became an active blogger over ten years ago, the”big theme” was the Decade of Centenaries. As regular readers will know, I prefer private remembering to public remembrance. We are entitled to remember our history as we wish. I … Continue reading →

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“Belfast” : The Movie

Posted on December 23, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

So I have just heard that a movie “Belfast”, directed by our very own (is he?) “Sir” Kenneth Branagh has been short-listed for an Oscar. Some things are beyond Satire. About 99.9% of us who have lived thru The Troubles … Continue reading →

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Appalling Vistas

Posted on December 1, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

In the summer of 1966, a man called John Patrick Scullion was murdered in the Clonard area of West Belfast. It is the first killing of the (modern) Troubles. He was shot outside his home and died two weeks later. … Continue reading →

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Germany 1945…Reconciliation?

Posted on March 27, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

A few months ago I watched a three part BBC documentary called “Berlin 1945”. It was difficult to watch. The year 1945 in Berlin…archive footage and quotes from the diaries of ordinary Berliners. By January 1945, the Nazis have already … Continue reading →

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Word Press Blogs

Posted on July 10, 2020 by fitzjameshorse

I have to say that I really like this platform…word press blog. I take it for granted. I am now on here in one incarnation or other for around ten years. One good thing…it is FREE. It is literally Free … Continue reading →

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Pension For Troubles “Combatants”

Posted on June 25, 2020 by fitzjameshorse

I tried to post this on Slugger O’Toole an hour ago. Seems a shame not to publish it. The nature of posting on Slugger (his gaffe, his rules) and Czar (my gaffe, my rules) is that I am somewhat more … Continue reading →

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“What We Need Is A Great Big Melting Pot”

Posted on April 3, 2018 by fitzjameshorse

….”big enough to hold the world and all its got. Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more. Turn out coffee coloured people by the score” Perhaps I am not the only person here who was a 17 year … Continue reading →

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Confidence Building Measures For Nationalists

Posted on May 7, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

If you were the last German soldier to be mortally wounded in Berlin in April 1945, you might think it wasnt worthwhile. Conversely if you were the last Russian soldier to be mortally wounded, you might think it was at … Continue reading →

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