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I was reminded this week of a lesson that my old Professor at York, Laurie Taylor, used to try and impart into my twenty-something brain.
“Most things are socially constructed.” The sociology department’s eponymous “History Man” would hold forth.
It was part sociology lecture, part revival meet, and part stand-up routine just as Malcolm Bradbury would have imagined at his typewriter.
An interview with James MacMillan, world renowned Scottish composer, on the controversy regarding Hugh Dallas’ email.
For those who disbelieved the story I broke on this site on Saturday afternoon here is the evidence that the story was strong.
Charities dedicated to ridding Scotland of the scourge of sectarianism reacted swiftly to the shocking revelations, a story broken on this site, that Hugh Dallas, the chief of the Scottish Football Association’s refereeing department had, on the day of the Pope’s visit to the UK in September, sent an email “joke” intimating that His Holiness was a danger to children.
EXCLUSIVE
By Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
Controversial Scottish referee Chief Hugh Dallas sent a sectarian email “joke” last September on the day of the Pope’s visit to Britain.
The joke has a picture depicting a children beware road sign with the added words “ Pope is coming”.
The email was Scottish FA sent from Mr.Dallas’ official email address it was a reply to an email entitled “FIFA nomination.
It was sent on 16/09/2010, the day of the Pope’s visit to the UK.
WHAT happens when a serious systemic problem that everyone knows about is not tackled? Simple. We get to relive the same events over and over. View Full Story » There will be other Roscommons, other children endure agony.
THERE is an iron law of journalism that you must never become the story, but sometimes iron laws need to be broken.
I’m used to seeing my by-line in print and my picture beside it, but this time it’s different.
Passing sentence at Manchester Crown Court, Judge Andrew Blake condemned what he described as “the worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the blitz”.
12 Rangers fans were convicted of various offences.
All, but one of them received custodial sentences.
If the UEFA champion’s league draw is fixed then I think it is fair to say that the Great Manchester Police aren’t in on it.
Recent media coverage of this troubling subject failed to point out that it is a gender issue.
