So spoke US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld on 14 November 2002. He started denying he’d ever said anything of the sort before the five months was up.
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A hundred years on from partition, Pádraig Ó Meiscill diagnoses the many ills of past and present Northern Ireland
Taking a cinematic tour of predictable plots and improbable accents, Stephen Hackett finds himself asking: hasn’t Ulster suffered enough?
Belligerent abroad and oppressive at home, the government's rhetoric is being gradually cemented into law. Protest is the only response, writes Rohan Rice
Our 'Award Winning' columnist tries to trick his father into getting the vaccine, saying it will protect him from 'cancel culture'
Low traffic neighbourhoods are part of building a fairer city, argues Rachel Aldred
A new edited volume emphasises that the personal is political and highlights the power of spectacular direct action, says Alice Robson