Author Harry McAvinchey

Death has been on my mind these past few weeks. Sometimes ,in life , we are assaulted by death and ask ourselves will there be no let -up .There have been many deaths of iconic, cultural, populist figures in this past year ,but closer to home I have also been touched by too many departures […]

“These are people who are not used to being taken seriously,”Peter Morgan , the writer said, while referring to the Royal family. Irish Republicans , Irish nationalists, British loyalists and British Unionists could do worse than catching the new Netflix drama series “The Crown”. Don’t hang about and wonder what all the fuss is about […]

One really great thing about the upcoming Brexit …and possibly the only great thing about it that I can actually see….is that it will provide brand new jobs for between 10,000 and 30,000 people.Where the money to pay their wages for all of this , is coming from, is something of a mystery at the […]

Let’s see now . America has just elected another President .We’re going to have a brand new leader of the free world with the unlikely name of Donald Trump. “Donald” and “Trump”. Sometimes people who worry about such things, will use the word “trump” instead of the more percussive ,and possibly more noxious, “fart” ,to […]

So what’s new ? I’m in recovery mode after a literary festival in whose creation I had some initial input, which had me carousing until late in the evening for several days on the trot; rubbing shoulders with many old friends and tripping over herds of poets, writers and musicians at every turn. Old friend […]

When is Our Deputy First Minister ,Marty, going to get a little more excited …a little more exercised …..a little more (dare I say it ?) aggressive. Previously this seeming passivity which he has embraced ,has had it place; a calm , cool front when allayed against the banshee wail of vitriol that was issuing […]

What does it really mean to be alive ? Do you ever get the feeling that modern -life is becoming a very complicated business? It may not seem that way for those who never read anything, of course. For example, I heard radio presenter Stephen Nolan on the radio recently, saying that he never reads […]

Are we really living in a form of craftily designed two-headed benign dictatorship in Norneverland ,coming as it does , with a built-in “petition of concern” which can veto just about any decision which is made by a majority and overturn their view , steam-rolling any chance of change, flat on the ground? Is this […]

“By burying the bodies of the faithful, the Church confirms her faith in the resurrection of the body, and intends to show the great dignity of the human body as an integral part of the human person whose body forms part of their identity,” You’ll have to excuse me as. i stifle a quiet groan. […]

What mad inconsistant world does someone live in when they believe their religious beliefs are undermined and their democratic freedom, religious freedom and freedom of speech are under threat just because they can’t abide by the civic law of the land which protects everyone without favour. That’s what the owners of Asher’s Bakery are now […]