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A Morning Thought @ 229

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Alice McCartan

Anthony McIntyre remembers with fondness a Lower Ormeau Road woman who turned his world orange. 

When I was young a strikingly attractive woman would often pass me by on the Lower Ormeau Road...



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Support CEMB, A Non-Religious, Secular Alternative Doing Crucial Work

Maryam Namazie & Sadia Hameed appeal for support for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.

Dear Friend

We wanted to give you an update on the crucial work of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain...



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A Morning Thought @ 228

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Martin McIntyre

Anthony McIntyre remembers his younger brother Martin who died in June.

Cancer, my parents both died of it. A sister fell prey to it but survived only to take her own life two decades later. When I...



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A Matter Of Terminology? The Distinction Between ‘Modern’ And ‘Postmodern’ Political Thought And How It Matters For Our Age. Barry Gilheany

Barry Gilheany explores some of the differences between modernist and postmodernist thought. 

In this article, I engage with the debate between modern and postmodern political theory in order...



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A Morning Thought @ 227

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Rebecca McIntyre

Anthony McIntyre remembers his sister Rebecca who died last December.

Suicide is the death of hope as well as the extinction of life. Perhaps the religious type who opts for it has a hope that...



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Merry Xmas 2018

Merry Xmas 2018 to all our readers @ The Pensive Quill. Image by Thomas Dixie Elliot




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A Christmas Eve Coincidence

Tony Donovan recalls Christmas Eve 1971 in a tense and politically violent Belfast
I have always loved Ireland, ever since I was a kid: its music, what little Irish history I knew.
In 1969, I started...



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