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THE LINE GOES DEAD
Maggie Mellon
FOCUS: A homeless young man and the callous indifference of public services

FREE THE SCOTTISH SIX
Kenneth Roy
EDITORIAL: For all our grand pretensions, the spectre of Wee Willie McTaggart hangs over the land as grimly as ever

NEWS AS SHOWBIZ
Walter Humes
DIARY: The EU debate is given soap opera treatment with all the delicacy of the Jeremy Kyle Show

THE POWER OF FEAR
Gerry Hassan
POLITICS: The next four months will witness fire and rain but not much clarity

A EUROSCEPTIC STAYS IN
RD Kernohan
POLITICS: We should offer the EU the continued benefit of constructive scepticism

ROUND THE AISLES OF LIDL
Martin Shannon
FOOD: A third of our recommended daily allowance of calories in a single bar? What the hell, I think I'll get two

EMBERS OF A RISING
Andrew Hook
BOOKS: Whatever happened to the 'terrible beauty' of Easter 1916?

Also in this edition

THE MIDGIE
Why I'm changing my name

THE CAFE
Prisoners are not 'them'

AMERICA
Alan Fisher
The Donald marches on

LIFE
Paul Tritschler
Queer folk in the 'Shaws

POETRY
James Aitchison

CARTOONS
Bob Smith

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