It's been a busy old day, but it was one of those days where I got a lot done, so I'm happy to relax now, have a nice glass of [...]

There's always something visceral in the sight of a sunken ship.  Unlike all other means of transport, a sea-going vessel appeals to something profound in the human psyche though I [...]

Mary Raftery, investigative journalist, has died at 54. Raftery's States of Fear documentaries exposed the violence, both emotional and physical, as well as the sexual abuse inflicted on children in the industrial [...]

What a huge amount of stuff has happened this year

This is the full text of the Raphoe Report  

I have an idea.  Why don't the Dale Farm travellers occupy Wall Street? A gang of angry Pavees with piebalds and campfires would piss off the bankers a lot more [...]

Breaking news.  Amanda Knox has been acquitted of murder. So, who's the killer then?

How ironic that Barack Obama should become the new Richard Nixon.   The cool, right-on, youthful President of 2009  has morphed into the CEO who presides over mass arrests of [...]

When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforcèd ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. But hollow men, like horses hot at hand, Make [...]

Kings thrown down in the dust