Lidl On Equality

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The PPR (Participation & The Practice Of Rights) project has called for homes to be built at the Crumlin Road “Hillview” site but the council’s planning council approved a retail park (Belfast Live) by a vote of 7 to 6 (BelTel). The connection to supermarket chain Lidl is unclear, as there is no mention of a supermarket in the plans for the retail park. If you can shed any light, please leave a comment. Their slogan “Lidl: Big on quality, Lidl on price” has been rephrased as “Lidl: Big on quality, Lidl on equality”.

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Simkardashian

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Work by DMC (Fb | Web | tw) for Culture Night/Hit The North, replacing his (vandalised) former mural Long Runs The Fox.

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Weapons Against Fascism

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Just Books and the Belfast Solidarity Centre — “supplier of revolutionary merchandise, left wing literature and craic” (web) — has to compete with “Be Beauty” salon in Belfast City centre. “An injury to one is an injury to all”.

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Unauthorised Vehicles Will Be Eaten

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Culture Night Crocodile by Easi (unused Fb | see more work here) with Peter Sheridan (Fb).

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Free The Innocent

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The JFTC2 campaign (Justice for the Craigavon Two Fb | web) continues with this banner on Northumberland Street, demanding the release of John-Paul Wootton and Brendan McConville, convicted of killing of PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll in 2009. Sponsored by Cogús.

Previously: 2014 murals in Ligoniel and New Lodge | JFTC2 on the mountain | Justice in Hugo Street

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Deep Love

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Dublin’s ADW (tw | web | Fb) came north for CNB/HTN17 and painted a mermaid rescued(?) by a deep-sea diver – with a mustache to match her tail. The meme goes back at least to this 1895 Punch cartoon.

Previously: Labelz Are For Jars | The Short Timers (2015 CNB) | Keep Her Lit (2016 CNB)

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Special Service Force

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The Ulster Special Service Forces (USSF) was an elite unit of the Ulster Volunteers. Its flag includes the UVF emblem with a garland of thistle, shamrock, and rose. For an earlier (1988) example and more info, see USSF in Belfast; also another in Londonderry (1998).

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Thy Fearful Symmetry

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The mortal hand that has framed the fearful symmetry of Blake’s Tyger is Friz, in her piece for CNB17/HTN17. “Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright/In the forests of the night/What immortal hand or eye/Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”

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Join The IRNC

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Here is another Irish Republican National Congress (Fb | web) board. Where the first (in Beechmount) featured a Maid Of Erin harp, this one features assault rifles and some nasty barbed wire.

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Pearl

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The female figure painted by Irony (tw | Fb | tumblr) for CNB/HTN was the subject of a naming competition. There were various humorous suggestions but our favourite is “Iris”, to go with “Aether and Echo”, which is the name of the pub.

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