January, 2013

I like Basil McCrea. There’s something about his boyish chubby face and flop of fringe that reminds me of a bit player from Greyfriars School ( which Billy Bunter attended, and if you don’t know who Billy Bunter is, just trust me, OK?). He looks and sounds like a man who enjoys talking to people,  […]

I like Basil McCrea. There’s something about his boyish chubby face and flop of fringe that reminds me of a bit player from Greyfriars School ( which Billy Bunter attended, and if you don’t know who Billy Bunter is, just trust me, OK?). He looks and sounds like a man who enjoys talking to people,  […]

Has the DUP’s Arlene Foster got a brain? She’s a lawyer so she may well have  (although not necessarily, since some members of that profession possess more in the way of low animal cunning).  But let’s give Arlene the benefit of any doubt and say she has a brain. If so, she parked at the […]

Has the DUP’s Arlene Foster got a brain? She’s a lawyer so she may well have  (although not necessarily, since some members of that profession possess more in the way of low animal cunning).  But let’s give Arlene the benefit of any doubt and say she has a brain. If so, she parked at the […]

Tonight, barring natural disasters and acts of God, I’ll be on the Nolan Show. Not, I rush to add, as one of the top-table people: I’ll be down there with the commoners (and boy, were they  common last week), with an occasional filler-in question lobbed my way if I’m lucky. The debate, again barring natural […]

Tonight, barring natural disasters and acts of God, I’ll be on the Nolan Show. Not, I rush to add, as one of the top-table people: I’ll be down there with the commoners (and boy, were they  common last week), with an occasional filler-in question lobbed my way if I’m lucky. The debate, again barring natural […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j5pIaYjYWI Today is a sad day, and not just because it’s grey and cold out there, but because the light comes up on a day without the living presence of a great woman. I interviewed Inez McCormack first about twenty-five years ago and found her to be a woman full of warmth and idealism. When […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j5pIaYjYWI Today is a sad day, and not just because it’s grey and cold out there, but because the light comes up on a day without the living presence of a great woman. I interviewed Inez McCormack first about twenty-five years ago and found her to be a woman full of warmth and idealism. When […]

Gerry Adams has called for a border poll and has been met with widespread derision. There’s no chance, Peter Robinson says, of the majority of people in Northern Ireland voting for constitutional change. They point to the census figures which show 63% of people here wanting to maintain the Union with Britain.   Adams, however, […]

Gerry Adams has called for a border poll and has been met with widespread derision. There’s no chance, Peter Robinson says, of the majority of people in Northern Ireland voting for constitutional change. They point to the census figures which show 63% of people here wanting to maintain the Union with Britain.   Adams, however, […]