TIME
January 25, 1971 12:00 AM EST
As shoppers hurried home at dusk, they were startled to see two young men, aged 18 and 19, being marched through Belfast’s Falls Road slum, heavily populated by Catholics. A group of angry members of the I.R.A. (the outlawed Irish Republican Army) tied the two boys to a lamppost and poured cold tar varnish and feathers over their shaved heads. Placards tied around the victims’ necks proclaimed; “This man has been found guilty and confessed to breaking and entering. Read More...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly zoned its national chairmanship position to the Southwest, while the north gets its secretary position. The recommendation to zone the chairmanship to the south was contained in a document prepared by the PDP’s 44-member National Convention Committee on zoning.
In the leaked document seen by PUNCH on Wednesday, the committee disclosed that south got the chairmanship position because the zone has not produced the party’s national chairman since inception Read More...
Are you a guitar hero? Poll: Piano, guitar & sax instruments Britons would most like to play well
The piano, the guitar and the saxophone have come out on top as the three most popular instruments that Britons would like to play well, our poll has found.
Expertise on the black and white keys was significantly favoured, particularly among women, while for men playing the piano and the guitar were valued equally. Read More...