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Covenant This!
Well, that was a bit of a surprise. Yesterday marked the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Ulster Covenant, the document signed by nearly half a million Ulstermen and women in 1912 as a protest against the British government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Great War, Ireland, Somme
Tagged 1912, 1916, battle honour, Belfast, British imperialism, Commemoration, Great War, Ireland, Irishmen, masculinities, memorials, Orangemen, Parades, Sir Edward Carson, Somme, symbolism, Ulster Covenant, Ulstermen, war
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Bookiness – Black Venus (1980) by Angela Carter
Black Venus’s Tale by Angela Carter My rating: 3 of 5 stars I adore Carter’s The Bloody Chamber, and Black Venus has been sitting on my book shelf unread for nearly two years; something had to be done. As with … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs
Tagged angela carter, baudelaire, fairy tales, fantasy, lizzie borden, symbolism, wolves
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Sentences of Death: Infamous Executions and the Power of Romantic Nationalism
If an execution is done well, it is – barring a “traitor’s death” — supposed to be painless. If one’s heart and intestines are not being ripped from the body post-genital mutilation but prior to decapitation, then the bullet, axe, … Continue reading
Posted in executions, Heroism
Tagged anne boleyn, Canada, Canadian history, Henry II, heroism, Irish history, Irishmen, John Brown, Louis Riel, Manitoba, martyrdom, masculinities, Orangemen, Padraic Pearse, Red River Rebellion, Richard Burton, Roger Casement, saints, symbolism, Thomas Becket, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas More, Thomas Scott
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Stalking the Warrior Tuktu*
The “Trail of the Caribou” is one of the most interesting and poignant memorials of the Great War. Designed to trace the path of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment** through its engagements in the First World War, the trail consists of … Continue reading
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