S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.

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The Sherwood Foresters enter Northumberland and come under intense fire. Michael Malone and James Grace are fortified inside 25 Northumberland Road and can fire freely at the advancing troops. Within minutes there are a large number of dead and injured troops on the street. The news that Martial Law has been proclaimed by British authorities is announced. This means that civilians are not allowed out on the streets between 7pm and 5am. But, man, and I mean man, were there no developed females in this book. None of the prostitutes he visits and has relationships with have any depth whatsoever. The one female editor is written as vindictive (although I'm not sure she was so off-base) and the author just mentions, off hand, a girlfriend or two every once in a while.

I think. Highly readable, and an interesting corollary to Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C., lots of overlapping content in terms of early-90s drug problems in DC. The sub-plot with a police commander who runs afoul of Marion Barry is fascinating. But a few things really bothered me: The Crisis in British Journalism Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn’t hold power to account

North King Street in perspective

The incident happened at about 1.30pm on Thursday outside a school, Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Police said a five-year-old girl, a woman in her 30s and a man in his 50s sustained serious injuries. The girl was receiving emergency medical treatment. A five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl were treated for less severe injuries. The boy was discharged from hospital. But if you are a Washingtonian (Guilty. Born in the now defunct Columbia Hospital) you can't help but be fascinated. Ruben gets so much right. I especially liked his describing the PG county police as having a culture of brutality (I experienced a small, dilute drop at the University of Maryland), contrasted with Montgomery County's prosperous and refined environment. Yup.

Mid-day: Irish rebel forces lose control of City Hall. As Debra Kelly recalled for IrishCentral, venerable actress and gunrunner Helena Molony was among the small group who tried to hold on to City Hall, even as British troops flooded in. James Connolly, one of the leaders of the rising was wounded during the fighting. (Image: Illustrated London News, [London, England] May 6 1916) Fighting continues around the Four Courts, with rebels setting fire to buildings in an attempt to hamper the military advance. Taking to the rooftops to try and outflank the Volunteer position at Langan’s Pub, the South Staffordshires leave themselves open to rebel fire from the Four Courts and Monk’s Bakery. Once again they are forced to retreat with increasing frustration and ever-growing hatred for the Volunteers. The combination of the fires and the heavy shelling means that rebel held buildings such as the Imperial Hotel and Clery’s will have to be abandoned.But towards the end of the decade, shut up shops began to re-open as start-up cafés and restaurants. A neighbourhood feel began to return, with independent, locally-owned eateries steadily punctuating the rows of corporate high street monoliths. O’Farrell arrives at the Royal College of Surgeons with the surrender. After an hour of discussion the Irish Citizen Army in the Royal College of Surgeons agrees to surrender.

Those who will act as commandants during Easter week are made aware that the Rising is scheduled to begin at 6.30pm on Easter Sunday. The fighting at North King Street was fierce and cost the British troops over 40 casualties in two days The rebellion in Dublin is over. More than 1,000 men and women are held prisoner by British authorities. The British will arrest more suspects in the coming hours and days, with the total rising to just over 3,500 arrests.More than a-third of those applications were to convert a shop into a restaurant, café or a takeaway. The high street was becoming a place for hot chocolate over homewares. The military response to the Rising begins in earnest. Lead elements of the Curragh Mobile Column arrive and secure Kingsbridge Station. I loved being outside as a child – the views make me feel as if I am,’ says Tyrese Mhlakaza of his home on the 53rd floor of Ponte City in Johannesburg. Photograph: Kent Andreasen for the Guardian Northumberland Road, still held by Malone and Grace is under a full frontal assault. Soldiers are supported by machine gun fire from the tower of Haddington Road Church.