“... theory are tourists: mid-Atlantic figures like Frank Kermode and Tony Tanner, or Francophiles like Stephen Heath and Stephen Bann. Samuel Johnson had moral principles, but nothing like a theory of literature: he didn’t need one. The force of English common sense is that it leaves you free to deal with the things that ...”

“... counties of Antrim, Armagh and Down, with a declining proportion of the population west of the Bann in Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry. Queen’s University Belfast is these days seen by unionists as very much a nationalist institution, with many unionist students choosing to study in universities in Scotland.Unionist power has declined, but the balance ...”