Author Jude Collins

I was on TV last night. Granted, if you blinked or scratched yourself you’d have missed me but I WAS on. I must  – some other time – go into the whole matter of how some people who see you every day believe you take on a new, more concentrated life when you are part […]

I was on TV last night. Granted, if you blinked or scratched yourself you’d have missed me but I WAS on. I must  – some other time – go into the whole matter of how some people who see you every day believe you take on a new, more concentrated life when you are part […]

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is on my mind today – I’ve got to meet a man later this morning for an interview about her. Elizabeth and I go back a long way. When she was made Queen Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, an old aunt of mine who’d spent a lot of years […]

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is on my mind today – I’ve got to meet a man later this morning for an interview about her. Elizabeth and I go back a long way. When she was made Queen Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, an old aunt of mine who’d spent a lot of years […]

There’s a danger that I’ll become a phone-in obsessive so I’ll keep this brief. This morning/early afternoon I posted a blog about the Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster (see below). I noted some good things about it but more that were not good – in fact, I said they were pathetic. So then […]

There’s a danger that I’ll become a phone-in obsessive so I’ll keep this brief. This morning/early afternoon I posted a blog about the Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster (see below). I noted some good things about it but more that were not good – in fact, I said they were pathetic. So then […]

I was in the car for ninety minutes this morning, because I had to drive to Saintfield High School with a reference for a marvellous ex-student of mine who’s going for the job of ex-principal today…Yes, yes, I know I should have written and posted it a week ago but I didn’t, ok? OK?? Anyway, […]

I was in the car for ninety minutes this morning, because I had to drive to Saintfield High School with a reference for a marvellous ex-student of mine who’s going for the job of ex-principal today…Yes, yes, I know I should have written and posted it a week ago but I didn’t, ok? OK?? Anyway, […]

I grew up in Omagh and to varying degrees I’ve always loved it. When you’re young, you can’t wait to get away from your home town, especially if you see it as a small, non-metropolitan place. Then as you get older, you swing full circle and find yourself drawn more and more to the place […]

I grew up in Omagh and to varying degrees I’ve always loved it. When you’re young, you can’t wait to get away from your home town, especially if you see it as a small, non-metropolitan place. Then as you get older, you swing full circle and find yourself drawn more and more to the place […]