Orangeism: A Presbyterian Perspective

13 AUG

Banning the voice of Israel

In an earlier post I quoted a Northern Ireland Friends of Israel report which stated that following representation from NIFI, Professor Geoffrey Alderman had been invited to join a panel discussion on the topic 'Conflict in the Middle East' to provide a pro-Israel perspective.The two original contributors were�Professor Avi Shlaim, who was born in Baghdad [...]

Return visit to Ulster Museum (3)

Beside the Ulster Museum there is the historic Friar's Bush graveyard, which is one of the oldest graveyards in Belfast.� One of the rooms in the Ulster Museum overlooks the graveyard and in it there is a panel which� depicts 'the mysterious Friar's Stone inscribed 485AD'.The circular stone features three crudely cut crosses, the date [...]

Return visit to Ulster Museum (2)

For me one of the highlights of any visit to the Ulster Museum was always the magnificent Ulster Past and Present mural by the popular Belfast artist William Conor (1884-1968).� This was painted back in the 1930s for the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, now the Ulster Museum, and it was then the largest [...]

Return visit to Ulster Museum (1)

On Saturday I went on an 'off duty' visit to the Ulster Museum, along with my wife, and we had a very pleasant afternoon.� There were not the very large crowds of the early days after the reopening but there was a steady flow of visitors.� During the visit I took some photographs and they [...]

When they hanged Archibald Warwick in Kircubbin

Exactly 212 years ago on 15 October 1798, Rev Archibald Warwick, the 29 year old licenciate of Kircubbin Presbyterian Church was executed by public hanging. The gallows were raised between the church and the manse, in an area which today is a public car park. Thousands gathered to see their beloved minister die. His crime [...]

River Cottage future

When we were in Devon in the summer, we stopped off in Axminster to visit Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's River Cottage Café. We arrived at 10am, there were very few people there, which gave me a chance to take some pics of the rustic eclectic interior. The River Cottage series is one of the few things [...]

'You can speak Irish and support Union'

THE certainty that “the Union is safe” guaranteed the loyalist ceasefire in October 1994. http://twlv.net/uILSoK via Ping.fm

Making sure Israel's voice is heard

The following is copied from an e-mail from the Northern Ireland Friends of Israel: Belfast Festival at Queen's: Conflict in the Middle EastThe Belfast Festival has a� poor record of staging balanced events on the Middle East.� In recent years guest speakers have included arch critics of Israel such as Robert Fisk, Noam Chomsky and [...]

Letters to the Southport Visiter – Southport Visiter

URL:  http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/views-blogs/southport… Letters to the Southport Visiter Oct 8 2010 Southport Visiter RE: Orange Lodge. As an ex-café owner in Southport town centre, I can assure you that the Orange Lodge Parade was the icing on the cake. The café that we owned was in West Street, close to the junction with Coronation Walk. It [...]