MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
IN 1973, Margaret Campbell saw her trade unionist husband Pat gunned to death on their doorstep as she stood by his side.
When Margaret attended an identity parade, she told the police where her husband’s killer was standing in the line up.
This was not good enough for the police, who insisted Margaret place her hand on him. She collapsed.
AARON SMITH discusses why the Protestant diaspora are still part of Yeats’s ‘Indomitable Irishry’, and an integral part of any future united Ireland.
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER


