Thinking afresh in a year of centenaries
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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