The Tribune magazine's feature on the leaders of the IRA's notorious East Tyrone Brigade interviewed by Kevin Toolis. "Let's get one thing straight. No British soldier is going to come here, beat the shit out of our people and then trot back at night to a nice warm barracks for a pint and a game of darts. We will beat the shit out of them by blowing up those barracks, " said one leader, 'Fergus'.

We were wearing. . .

Red or Dead strappy mules, diamond knee socks, and white PVC jeans from Miss Selfridge, all featured in the Sunday Tribunemagazine Easter fashion special.

We were listening to. . .

Wet Wet Wet who Tony Clayton-Lee described as "the purveyors of diluted blue-eyed soul and pop . . . at best the album sounds generically earthy. At worst it sounds like The Band without the beards, with a smooth production stretched to breaking point."

We were watching. . .

J'Accuse Manchester United, a Channel 4 programme made by a Spurs fan.

Diarmuid Doyle wrote, "He could have concentrated on their paranoia, their indulgence of misbehaviour by their players or the whingeing which accompanies every defeat. . .Instead he targeted their increasing commer-cialism, pointing out that Manchester Utd now has less to do with football than making money."