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12 November 1998 Edition

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12 November 1998

John Hume and the SDLP and War and the Media: Propaganda and persuasion in the Gulf War Free article

Cinema: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

12 November 1998

The American in Monthy Python, Terry Gilliam, is behind the screenwriting and direction of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Free article

Television: How the other half lives

12 November 1998

Panorama (BBC1) Coverage of Central American floods Holidays (BBC2) Free article

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Editor's desk

12 November 1998

A very strange little interview took place on Radio Ulster's Talkback proramme on Tuesday. It concerned the growing controversy over whether Ulster Scots is a language or a dialect.

The representative of the Ulster Scots society was not what you would expect from an Ulsterman raised in the tradition of straight talking.

He started well enough. He was asked why, throughout 60 years... Free article

Dúirt siad...

12 November 1998

The week in quotes... Free article


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