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Thinking afresh in a year of centenaries

In the past week a decent attempt has begun in a Belfast City Hall exhibition space to show and tell a slice at least of 1916 in the round, the cranking up of passions from 1911-12 through the Great War, War of Independence, Partition, Civil War, the context of the Rising and Somme. Picture by Hugh Russell
A ‘DECADE  of centenaries’ was an awful prospect.  Now that we’re about midway through has it been so bad? The darkest outlook would have brought ceaseless moaning this year from unsatisfied memorialists of both Somme and Rising. There has for sure been nit-picking, scrapping about council-funding. Poor-spirited share-outs by unionist-controlled councils, true, but maybe radiating annoyed disappointment rather than heat. Behind the quibbles a sense creeps out of some people in some places trying their best to think afresh about events of which they only ev[...]
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