Nick Griffin illustration
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October 29th, 2009 | No Comments
SPORT: Not a time to bet
For anybody looking to put a punt on who’s going to win the Premier League or even clinch a Champions League place this year, they should probably withhold such confidence. Already this season, title holders Manchester United have been beaten my newcomers Burnley, Liverpool have went on their worst run since 1987 having lost four games in a row, and Chelsea were deservedly beaten my top four hopefuls Aston Villa. The established order is going through a shaky time indeed. BY JASON GALLAGHER
October 27th, 2009 | No Comments
BELFAST FESTIVAL AT QUEEN’S REVIEW: Black Milk
The Irish Premiere of Russian playwright Vassily Sigarev, translated into English by Sasha Dugdale, Black Milk is a dark comedy set in the a small train station in the Russian wilderness. The translation fits so easy into an Irish context showing the everyday struggle to survive in tough economic times, and it’s that spirit that our audience best relates and responds to. While the characters speak in Northern Irish accents, the voice of the play is Russian as they show the selfishness and exploitation of the country and how it will affect society and the lives of their children. BY BRIAN SWANN
October 27th, 2009 | No Comments
OPINION: “Mother Teresa is from Germany” < Jade Goody
I don’t know about you but I don’t give a genuine shit about Cheryl Cole. I don’t’ care that Jordan’s new boyfriend (let’s see how long he lasts) is a tranny who likes to wear lycra every other Monday evening, or that George Clooney really REALLY likes oranges. Except I DO care. I do care very much and deep down so do you. Why? I haven’t the foggiest to be honest and yet I can guarantee you that any night I have to sit in the library tucking into a good old human rights journal for a class the next day, I’d far rather be reading the freshest, most disgustingly stupid and intrusively malignant copy of Heat Magazine. Christ only knows why… BY ORLA MACKLE
October 27th, 2009 | Comments (3)
SPORT: Fifa’s seeds and greed
With the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup play-off berth secured, the nation will hold its breath for a few weeks more. Another David vs. Goliath encounter awaits the boys in green when they take on the French. FIFA have recently announced that what was originally an open draw would now be seeded. BY BRIAN QUINN
October 26th, 2009 | No Comments
BELFAST FESTIVAL AT QUEEN’S REVIEW: What the Animals say
The Spielgeltent in Belfast’s Custom House Square played host to David Ireland’s relentlessly witty play, ‘What the animals say’, on Sunday night and in truth contributed partly to the two-man show’s unquestionable success. Not one for grand theatres or opera houses, ‘What the animals say’ revelled in the easy, intimate charm of the continental Spiegeltent without ever relying on it too heavily. A play centring on the awkward reunion of two Protestant schoolmates (one a boisterous footballer for Celtic and the other a struggling actor) whilst waiting for a homebound ferry in Stranraer, Ireland’s gem wastes no time in assuming a breakneck speed, which it upholds throughout. BY GAVIN BRADLEY
October 26th, 2009 | Comments (2)
OPINION: The BBC were WRONG to have Nick Griffin on Question Time
However, Nick Griffin represents a different breed of politician. Griffin was a former member of the right wing supremacist group ‘The National Front’, and he is the first person to be allowed on Question Time who has been investigated for inciting racial hatred. BY JANE BROWN
Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time has provoked a huge amount of controversy. The BBC, along with members of the BNP, have argued that as the BNP acquired two seats in the European parliament it deserved to have its say on one of the main political programmes in the UK; after all, the BBC’s broadcasting mandate requires it to give equal prominence to political parties above a given level of representation.
October 23rd, 2009 | Comments (4)
OPINION: The BBC were RIGHT to have Nick Griffin on Question Time
BY AOIFE MORRISON
On Thursday evening over five hundred anti-fascist demonstrators dominated the media spotlight, just hours before the BBC would broadcast Question Time with Nick Griffin on the panel. This highly contentious decision has split public opinion, and divided politicians on whether this far right fascist party should be given a platform to air their heavily criticized odious views. Despite the efforts of the protestors, the BBC refused to intervene to stop the recording of the program. They issued a statement claiming the recording would go ahead as the BBC “are obliged to treat all legal political parties registered with the electoral commission with due impartiality”.
October 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
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