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Television: Talkback on the TV (Free article)
18 September 1997
It was always going to be a good night's crack when the BBC finally worked out how to transfer the superb Radio Ulster phone-in programme, Talkback, to the television. Talkback is listened to by every shade of opinion and has the enviable distinction of being seen as fair by everyone except the deepest weird fringes. In fact, Talkback is the most…
Editor's desk (Free article)
18 September 1997
Here's a gem for all you film buffs. You may have seen the legendary The Battle of Algiers, directed by Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo. One of the best political films ever, it is about the Algerian revolution which ended French colonialism in the North African country. It was playing in the Irish Film Centre in Dublin at the end of last month.…
Taylor-made `Provos' (Free article)
25 September 1997
Danny Morrison finds food for thought in the flawed but fascinating Provos, the new book and television series by journalist Peter Taylor
More children injured in Poleglass (Free article)
25 September 1997
RUC and DOE opposition to the introduction of traffic calming measures in Belfast's Poleglass and Twinbrook estates has claimed another four victims.
Posturing and hypocrisy (Free article)
25 September 1997
The Unionists were patently hypocritical in attempting to indict Sinn Féin over alleged links to the IRA, while at the same time forming an alliance with parties openly linked to the UVF and UDA. The depth of that hypocrisy was underscored when the Sinn Féin participants greeted a delegation at Stormont of people whose relatives have been…
Mála Poist (Free article)
25 September 1997
Black American solidarity with POWs A chairde, I was struck by Martin McGuinness's appeal for the release of the H-block 3 being held in San Francisco. In this appeal, Mr McGuinness describes the conditions the 3 have grown up in, in the hope that the American government will not find them a threat due to their backgrounds and upbringing. Like…
Sham Fight at the OK Corral (Free article)
25 September 1997
I'm involved at the moment in organising a film festival in West Belfast, as readers of last week's An Phoblacht may have noticed. It's going well, if a bit hectic. We've secured quite a number of premieres and are delighted that the new film on the life of Oscar Wilde, entitled Wilde and starring Stephen Fry, will open the festival. We're doubly…
Fascists march with Orange Order (Free article)
25 September 1997
David Trimble may intend to "confront Sinn Fein, not negotiate" but as for exposing fascism, the unionist leader would do well to start by looking closer to home. Trimble's Stormont remarks followed a recent Orange Order march during which the Loyal Order was accompanied by British fascists.
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