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Dementia Diaries @ 5

Lesley Stock ✒ Walkabout.When mum had taken to her bed due to not coping with dad, I had rung Jenny, the Navigator for Dementia sufferers and their carers. She is lovely and, to me, an angel! I had explained the issues I was having and also the fact that I thought mum was on the edge. I booked an appointment with her for mum and I to see her to, yet again, go over the tips and pointers we should

In The Name Of The Son

Simon Smyth ✒ went to a matinee performance of Martin Lynch and Richard O'Rawe's play In the Name of the Son. The play follows the life of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four after his release from prison.Image: culturecrushniblogI was running late for the play and ordered a taxi which is something I normally don't do as I don't drive and walk everywhere if I can. The taxi driver told me he lived

A Morning Thought @ 1255

Toyota War Wagons ➖ Take 3!

Pete Trumbore ✒ The military-focused website Task & Purpose brings us a new chapter in the never-ending saga of apparently indestructible Toyota trucks on the world’s dusty battlefields.I first wrote about this exactly six years ago when it became clear to US anti-terrorism officials that ISIS was really fond of Toyota pickups. They just couldn’t figure out how they got their hands on them.

Blanketmen And Women @ 2

James Kearney ✒ delivers the second part of his speech at a Blanketmen / Armagh Women reunion in Belfast ten years ago last month.  The Armagh ExperienceThe Long Kesh Experience⏩ James Kearney is a former Blanketman.

Several People Are Typing

Christopher Owens 🔖 There are fewer dystopias more acutely felt by readers than the modern office.  Once brilliantly parodied in ‘Black Books’ as a lifeless entity which consists of other pretending to know what they are doing, it is a vacuum of bureaucracy, playground rivalries and ever shrinking boundaries between work life and personal life. In other words, the perfect setting for a novel.

A Morning Thought @ 1254

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Ninety Four

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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousSurge In Sinn Féin Support Puts Party 16 Points Ahead Of Rivals In Polls Is Brexit Britain An Answer To Being “Drunk On Cheap Labour”?Polish Political

Sinn Fein Votes For Vaccine Certs In Stormont But Opposed Them In Dáil

Matt Treacy ✒ As pointed out here on Tuesday, Sinn Féin policy on vaccination certs is predicated on nothing more than what they believe is popular or unpopular at any given time. Thus, they will casually change tack on major policy almost at a whim.In July, following a large impromptu demonstration at the Convention Centre where the Dáil was sitting to decide on the question of the introduction

COP (Out) 26

Caoimhin O’Muraile ✒ On Friday 12th November 2021 the Conference of Parties (COP) 26 ended in Glasgow. The worlds political leaders, barring two main players, China and Russia, could complement themselves on having made real “progress” on climate change. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said; “we’ve made a difference, we hope, for our planet and our people, we’ve moved the ball a long way down the