Stewart Lee on touring Ireland: beauty, fable, and the shadow of Northern Ireland's race riots
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Stewart Lee reflects on touring through Ireland's beautiful towns, pubs, and clubs, contrasting the magical, fable-like atmosphere of the island with the disturbing reality of race riots and anti-immigrant sentiment being stoked in Northern Ireland. The article blends travelogue, cultural commentary, and political critique as Lee navigates the dissonance between Ireland's enchanting landscapes and its troubling social tensions.
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· 3 pulledIreland is an island of fable and magic. It's just a shame about the pogrom.
Inevitably, half a dozen or so times a day at least, whenever I am on the verge of entering a profound reverie of impossible meaning...
It was almost - but not quite - possible to tune out the race riots being stoked up in the North
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