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Kevin Bean

Sue Bean 🏴 Kevin was born on the 14th of February 1955 to Margaret Mary (Madge ) Bean née McGowan and Aalan Harold Bean in All Saints hospital in Chatham in Kent where twenty two years later our own first child was born.Kevin Bean with his son, James Joseph.Kevin grew up in Chatham and at the age of eighteen he moved to Leicester to attend the university. I had also moved to Leicester

Coming Soon 📚 Martin Dillon

Merrion Press 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book by Martin Dillon. THE SORROW AND THE LOSSThe Tragic Shadow Cast by the Troubles on the Lives of WomenMartin DillonAward-winning journalist and bestselling author Martin Dillon shines a light on the impact of the Troubles on the lives of women, amplifying voices long silenced by the din of history.Through raw and compelling

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Thirty

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousLiverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0: Match Review‘I watched Newcastle’s Carabao Cup passion - Liverpool can’t forget what this

A Morning Thought @ 2428

A Morning Thought @ 2427

Trump, Petro And Latin America

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 3-February-2025.Photo: Gearóid Ó Loingsigh, Catatumbo, ColombiaTrump began his second term with strong statements regarding Latin America. According to him, the USA does not need Latin America but rather Latin America needs the USA. “They need us more than we need them. We don’t need them; they need us. They all need us” and

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Twenty Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousIsrael’s Netanyahu in US as more medical evacuees leave GazaThree Israeli captives released in GazaSanctioning Justice: The

Syria 🪶 Why Do Some Leftists Support The Brutality Of The Syrian Regime?

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières ✏ Sara Hanafi writes in  the Assad regime remains a litmus test for the global Left, with the Syrian right to liberation suppressed in favour of false stability.17-December-2024As a Palestinian-Syrian, I’m not exaggerating when I say that last Sunday was one of the happiest days of my life.It marked the fall of the Assad family regime — a system rooted in

The Valeries

Christopher Owens 🔖The handwritten letter.Once a vital tool in communicating, it has now become something twee. Something you could imagine being relegated to cardigan wearing twentysomethings who frame overpriced Glen Campbell records in their flat, have a broken typewriter as an ornament in their bedroom and tell the world that they’re bisexual despite exclusively dating members of the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Twenty Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousManager outlines the many pros - and the one con - of Drogheda United’s switch to full-time statusFormer Irish League star