26 February 1998 Edition
Editor's desk
A very strange commercial idea has found its way to the market, thanks to the Superquinn supermarket chain. They are selling a range of luxury handmade chocolates based on ``inspirational Irish women''.
Lady Wilde has become a ``white chocolate rose filled with a light, fluffy, sweet vanilla cream and complemented by gianduja''. Queen Maeve is a ``wickedly rich, dark chocolate filled with an extra bitter sweet ganache''. Irish women as gianduja and ganache.
Of interest to republicans is the chocolate designed in honour of Constance Markievicz. It is described as a ``milk chocolate rose filled with a tangy orange and chocolate centre''.
Weird.
One of our readers in England, Cormac Murphy, writes about our front page of a couple of weeks ago, which featured photographs of David Trimble and Martin Smyth. ``After staring at them for several seconds,'' he says, ``the letters of their names began moving around in a very strange way. David Trimble became `Mad Brit Devil' and Martin Smyth became `Mr Shittyman'''.
And now, a prize. It may be only February but I can confidently give the award for the Armchair Revolutionary of the Year to Malcolm Byrne, education officer for the Union of Students in Ireland, who was commenting on why students aren't as radical as they used to be. He said: ``It is possible to be radical in thought processes without necessarily being radical in action''.
Have you ever noticed how the RUC invariably turn their backs on loyalist protestors and face towards republicans? I'm sure there couldn't possibly be anything sinister in it. It must be a completely natural state of affairs if you're in the RUC. These two photographs were taken on Sunday as Sinn Féin were holding a rally at Belfast City Hall. Isn't it great to see such happy, smiling people?
Apologies to anyone who has recently been trying to contact us via e-mail. A problem with our system meant we were unable to access our mail for about ten days.
So, if anyone would like to buy us a couple of super-duper new Apple Macs, we can guarantee an even more perfect paper every week.
Lady Wilde has become a ``white chocolate rose filled with a light, fluffy, sweet vanilla cream and complemented by gianduja''. Queen Maeve is a ``wickedly rich, dark chocolate filled with an extra bitter sweet ganache''. Irish women as gianduja and ganache.
Of interest to republicans is the chocolate designed in honour of Constance Markievicz. It is described as a ``milk chocolate rose filled with a tangy orange and chocolate centre''.
Weird.
One of our readers in England, Cormac Murphy, writes about our front page of a couple of weeks ago, which featured photographs of David Trimble and Martin Smyth. ``After staring at them for several seconds,'' he says, ``the letters of their names began moving around in a very strange way. David Trimble became `Mad Brit Devil' and Martin Smyth became `Mr Shittyman'''.
And now, a prize. It may be only February but I can confidently give the award for the Armchair Revolutionary of the Year to Malcolm Byrne, education officer for the Union of Students in Ireland, who was commenting on why students aren't as radical as they used to be. He said: ``It is possible to be radical in thought processes without necessarily being radical in action''.
Have you ever noticed how the RUC invariably turn their backs on loyalist protestors and face towards republicans? I'm sure there couldn't possibly be anything sinister in it. It must be a completely natural state of affairs if you're in the RUC. These two photographs were taken on Sunday as Sinn Féin were holding a rally at Belfast City Hall. Isn't it great to see such happy, smiling people?
Apologies to anyone who has recently been trying to contact us via e-mail. A problem with our system meant we were unable to access our mail for about ten days.
So, if anyone would like to buy us a couple of super-duper new Apple Macs, we can guarantee an even more perfect paper every week.