I gave some thought to how best to include the People’s Democracy documents I had scanned, as the group sits somewhat outside the usual scope of the website. I considered placing them in the miscellaneous section, but with almost 100 items it felt more appropriate to give them their own space. While not central to the archive’s focus, I feel the material is of genuine historical interest and adds useful context.
This is a website expressing my personal views – through a selection of opinionated observations and arguments. I’ll be including stories I like, ideas I find fascinating, work in progress and a selection of material from the BBC archives.
Professor Buchanan's Report on Traffic in Towns and a Report by Sir Geoffrey Crowther's Steering Group are now available to hon. Members. They will be on sale tomorrow.
First broadcast in 1989, ten years after Vernon Oxford turned his back on a country music career in Nashville to dedicate his life to God. As a gospel preacher in Franklin, Tennessee, he extends his congregation beyond his own community in the southern states of America and takes his mission to Northern Ireland.
Anyone who had saved a penny, anyone who had the least credit at his disposal, speculated in railway stocks. The number of railway journals rose from three to twenty.
Shaping Our Future is a Strategy to guide the future development of Northern Ireland to 2025 and help meet the needs of a fast growing Region with a population approaching two million.
For example, the “Westlink” section of highway, which forms a physical “cordon sanitaire” alongside west Belfast, significantly reduced connectivity to the city center
I should like to ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether in your position as a member of a political party at any election prior to your elevation to the Chair of this House, you have ever had your telephone constantly tapped?
THE DUNGANNON AFFAIR: If on the morning ofTuesday 28 August 1963 the citizens of Dungannon had known the implication and the upshot of what had happened the night before in their town