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The news is dire I check Manx Radio and see the Ben-my-Chree is not sailing tonight. I think ‘not again’ and then realise it’s still Friday's news. IOM Today is not much better so I go in search of enlightenment at our TV station MTTV.

James Corrin at IOM News and Politics forwards an exchange between himself and reform Minister Chris Thomas MHK. Although I’m not a member of IOM News he shares some issues across and also carries some of Celtic League or my personal Transceltic ‘mutterings’

An article in the UK Guardian newspaper describes an ‘unprepossessing Victorian building’ on South Quay Douglas and you know the Island is in the news again as ‘a tax haven’.

The feature one of several in recent days reports on an investigation launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) into funding provided to the Brexit leave campaign:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/isle-man-company-allegat...

Media release from Culture Vannin

Nominations open throughout November for Manannan’s Choice of the year – the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan

Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/146057732@N07/albums/72157679003123016

News from Llên Natur:

The Promontory People - An early history of the Cornish

By Craig Weatherhill

AVAILABLE END OF NOVEMBER 2018 

228 pages paperback with 20 illustrations in black and white - ISBN 978 1 9164906 1 1 - Francis Boutle Publishers

News from the Celtic League:

A member of the Irish Police, An Garda Siochana, Sgt Maurice McCabe is to retire after thirty years service. An Irish ‘Serpico’ McCabe exposed wrongdoing and malpractice in the Police and was subjected to almost a decade of villainous behaviour from some in the Force up to and including those at the most senior level.

Our own, local Celtic festival, Yn Chruinnaght, may have celebrated its fortieth anniversary earlier this year, but hot on its heels is the Cornish festival favourite Lowender Peran, which celebrates its own fortieth birthday at the beginning of November.

"Exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in global wildlife populations in recent decades, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) points out in their Living Planet Report. The WWF makes it clear that: "Plummeting numbers of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish around the world are an urgent sign that nature needs life support.

Hop tu Naa is a well established Manx tradition which celebrates the Celtic New Year on the 31st October. It is seen as a time to beware of evil, when divination may be practiced (particularly if you're looking for a soul mate), spinsters would be encouraged to bake the infamous Dumb Cake (Manx Gaelic: Soddag Valloo) and it is an opportunity for a character named Jinny the Witch to make an appearance. A unique song and traditional dance have also survived contemporary influence.