Opinions - Steve Regan 'The King of Hull' Column By Mark Pollard
I'm just wondering why Steve Regan is being given exposure by thisisull.com.
It's something I've been pondering for a while, but his recent piece on the
way our brave boys... in Iraq have been so badly treated by the white feather
press (i.e. The Guardian), and which included disparaging references to
hand-wringing liberals finally confirmed my concerns at
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Opinions - Hull's Music Scene Gets Screwed By The Arts Council ... Again By Anonymous
I opened a local newspaper today to be greeted by an article congratulating
Duffy- Howard Productions on receiving an Arts Council grant for £34,006.
This is purely for the Grassroots festival, a 2-day event taking place in August.
The Arts Council had given grants to only three Hull organisations,
and Grassroots got the lion's share, the others being granted only £1,020 and £4,493 each.
The newspaper says that the aim of
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Opinions - Is the Hull Music Scene Dying? By Anonymous
My argument is about how bad the indie scene in hull is getting.
First of all, Indie? Where did the term indie come from?
As you can remember Indie is short for Independent, which means a band
on an independent label. But since Oasis, Blur and The Verve became big
then every band eventually had that Brit pop sound which is decribed as Indie.
Obviously it has
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Opinions - Intolerance By Lee Cassanell
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark according to a twisted branch of the Muslim tree, and whereas the rest of the sane world is astounded and disgusted by the ludicrous invention that is Microwavable Bacon, the Muslims have a bee in their burkas about a few pictures of the Prophet Mohammed that were innocently printed in a Danish newspaper.
So incensed
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Opinions - Political Correctness Can Be a Good Thing By David Sloan
The idea of using political correctness to improve society is a very good one.
Everyone has the right to be treated equally, regardless of their sex, colour or religion.
Unfortunately, as with most good ideas, it has been corrupted and distorted by
small-minded people who use it to their own ends.
Every day now someone seems to be knocking political correctness.
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Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Nathan Walker
What a shame you had a very biased person reviewing the Polar Bear Battle Of The Bands final. A little bit of research will have shown that
Jimmy Hates Willy earned their place in the final by virtue of being in the top two bands to play at each
of their heats (I have a feeling they were one of the only two in each of their heats, but you know!).
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Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Loz Cyclone, The Cyclones
I had to take umbrage with
Michelle Dee's totally cattish and twisted so-called review of Band Wars.
Admittedly, she* did provide the highlight of the evening by remonstrating with one of
the judges about the unfairness of the decision to give Conscience the grand in cash.
The watching Cyclones laughed at the hystericalness of it all.
Now to a few facts. The Cyclones, who
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Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Sue Watson
I have just read
Michelle Dee's review of the Band Wars final at the
Polar Bear and I am outraged and horrified that you have allowed her
to write what she did.
Not only has she slandered the landlady of the Polar Bear, but also myself,
as I was one of the judges that night and can assure you, I know enough about music to
warrant my place as a judge.
Not only have I been
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Opinions - Response To Anthony Newlyne's Article By Steven Greendale
Commenting on the article by Anthony Newlyne taking a poke at Ian Newton for his
new book The Night Shift, and saying because it is six episodes of a sitcom,
'it is cheating to publish it.' :
What a load of rubbish. Ian Newton is one of the best local writers Hull has
produced for years, and a real character.
We must all remember his antics some time ago now when he
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Opinions - Hull Writer Ian Newton is Cheating By Anthony Newlyne
Ian Newton the writer had just produced his third book.
The book is six episodes of a sitcom and called The Night Shift.
THIS IS CHEATING!!
Obviously Ian Newton cannot get his sitcom on telly so someone has published it for him.
I bought a copy of the book, and all I can say if that is the standard of
comedy writing turned down by TV companies, then I have no chance,
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Opinions - Rise of the Madmen By Lee Cassanell
I'm driven with a mission from God.
God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq... And I did.
And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me: go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God I'm gonna do it.
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