http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 18:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/02/martin-mcguinness-the-involuntary-steward-and-bailiff/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/02/martin-mcguinness-the-involuntary-steward-and-bailiff/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:47:04 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31217 According to a treasury announcement “the Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed James Martin Pacelli McGuinness to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.”]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/02/martin-mcguinness-the-involuntary-steward-and-bailiff/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/16/publication-of-michaela-mcareavey-crime-scene-pictures-present-a-significant-problem-for-mauritius/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/16/publication-of-michaela-mcareavey-crime-scene-pictures-present-a-significant-problem-for-mauritius/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:13:46 +0000 Dr Sean Carey http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26410 There is a long-standing tradition of publishing gore in Mauritius by ‘la presse sensationnelle’ and it looks like these photos have been used to boost the circulation figures for a new entrant in an already crowded marketplace.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/16/publication-of-michaela-mcareavey-crime-scene-pictures-present-a-significant-problem-for-mauritius/feed/ 15 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/hands-of-history-mcguinness-and-the-queen/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/hands-of-history-mcguinness-and-the-queen/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:44:37 +0000 Jon Tonge http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25746 The meeting and handshake between the Queen and Martin McGuinness is the most important act of healing and reconciliation achieved so far in Northern Ireland. McGuinness was one of the leaders of the Provisional IRA, which killed more than 2,000 people during the conflict. That one of those victims was the Queen’s cousin, Lord Mountbatten, gives the handshake particular poignancy.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/hands-of-history-mcguinness-and-the-queen/feed/ 2