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		<title>A New Flag for all in the City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is little point in protesting about Flags in the City. Flags are controversial in Derry/Londonderry but hard facts have to be faced. With the Good Friday and St Andrew’s Agreement the Union Flag is now the official constitutional flag of Derry/Londonderry and is accepted as such by Sinn Fein for as long as they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/04/a-new-flag-for-all-in-the-city/</link>
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		<title>Irish Beauty?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier on this evening, I was happily driving out of Buncrana with some fine music playing in the background. Seeing the mountains in front of me changed my mood altogether. What I saw appeared so picturesque, so unreal. So much so that for a brief moment it seemed to be an image projected onto a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/04/irish-beauty/</link>
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		<title>The City of Derry Drama Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Derry Drama Festival. The 31st City of Derry Drama Festival held in March in the Waterside Theatre is now over and what a splendid season of theatre it was. There was a wide ranging choice of plays by playwrights from Ireland England and America so that on the menu there was something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/03/the-city-of-derry-drama-festival/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t mix Politics with Irish Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keep Politics and Irish Culture apart. I got an invite recently from Comhaltas Dhoire to attend a meeting in Culturlann Derry to promote the city as host to Fleadh Cheoil Na hÉireann. While this would benefit the city culturally and economically I was amazed to read that Martin Magennis would be the guest speaker at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/03/dont-mix-politics-with-irish-culture-2/</link>
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		<title>Fair Deal for the Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts and culture have played a significant role in bringing colour, over the years, to the extraordinary lives of many in Northern Ireland. With the impending City of Culture 2013 platform for Derry-Londonderry, and a longstanding tradition of musical, artistic and dance activities, our small land has made some major arts sector contributions. With this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/02/fair-deal-for-the-arts/</link>
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		<title>Groundhog Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“For all the positive vibes that flowed through the city during those heady days, we were sadly reminded that some things never seem to change. Not once, but twice.” I just had to open my mouth, didn’t I? Less than a month after Ed Vaizey made that announcement, we witnessed a pointless and depressing wreckage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/01/groundhog-day/</link>
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		<title>Just Say There’s Nothing Holding Us Back: A Personal Perspective on 2010 and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where were you on July 15, 2010? “I’m delighted to announce that the winner of the privilege of becoming the first UK Capital Of Culture is Derry/Londond&#8230;” That was it. That was the moment the crowd in the Guildhall roared, when months of hard work paid off, and when a dream became a reality. Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2011/01/just-say-there%e2%80%99s-nothing-holding-us-back-a-personal-perspective-on-2010-and-beyond/</link>
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		<title>Mayor’s Choral Festival Reaches Its Conclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mayor’s Choral Festival concluded with a performance of Handel’s Messiah by the internationally renowned Codetta Choir in Derry’s Guildhall on December 22. One of George Frideric Handel’s most remarkable works, and possibly his most popular, the Messiah succeeds by conveying a universal message in such a varied and harmonious manner. It can be pacy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2010/12/mayor%e2%80%99s-choral-festival-reaches-its-conclusion/</link>
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		<title>City of Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and the U.K. City of Culture. Since my student days I’ve been a fan of Shakespeare’s Hamlet so I eagerly attended a production of the play by the Icarus Theatre Collective and Harrogate Theatre in the Millennium Forum. I wasn’t disappointed; the production was first class giving a well crafted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2010/11/city-of-culture-2/</link>
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		<title>Your Society Needs You!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Were you there when Derry became a City Of Song at the Guildhall and Christ Church last month? If so, you&#8217;ll remember it was a highly successful event, bursting to the seams with both vocal and instrumental talent. Well, it&#8217;s almost time for Co. Derry to become a County Of Song! Throughout November, the Londonderry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.listenderry.org/2010/11/your-society-needs-you/</link>
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