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Queer Love: 'There aren’t many books that focus on gay people' The new fiction anthology includes work by the likes of Colm Tóibín, Emma Donoghue and John Boyne Paul McVeigh edited the Queer Love anthology. Fri, 05 Mar, 2021 - 20:19 Marjorie Brennan When Paul McVeigh was growing up in Belfast, the library was a refuge — from the febrile atmosphere on the streets, a difficult home life and "the kind of trouble being an effeminate boy got you’". However, even in that ‘safe space’, he struggled to find stories that represented his life and experience, especially from an Irish persp...

Colette Sheridan: Memories of long ago come flooding back during house clearance Colette Sheridan is full of memories as she clears out her family home. ON THE MOVE: If you had to clear out your house, what would you find? Picture: Stock Colette Sheridan CLEARING out a house that has accommodated the lives of six people on and off over six decades is a hard task. We are trying to balance a certain ruthlessness with respect for our history, our treasured possessions and the items that remind us of our late parents. It’s a tall order. I find myself deciding to keep a simple picture, painted ...

u.s. in the war in afghanistan could be affected. let me show you a map. it tells the story. at least part of the story. the pakistani military has three basic missions. one is fighting the pakistani taliban and al qaeda. battlegrounds are the swat valley and north and south waziristan. the second mission they have is aiding u.s. forces in it afghanistan, in part by preventing the afghan taliban -- remember, you've got afghanistan and pakistan and taliban on both sides. by preventing them from using the pakistani side of the border as operation forces. three, maintaining troops on th...