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“No wonder the traders in Belfast are complaining.” So writes Shirley Gault, a well known voice on local radio. “I went up today for the first...
As we look to the end of December and of 2024, I can’t help looking back at the year that was and thinking about the people I met and the stories...
“Did you hear about the award the scarecrow got, Grandad?” I was near a family of three generations in a restaurant last week. The craic around...
Sometimes a labour of love becomes a phenomenon. It’s a lot like that with Angel City. This book is the third in author Carol Ann Creagh’s...
The tree is up and dressed, the menu for the day discussed and food orders in, and the presents... well, to be honest, I’ve only a few bought and...
I remember the Saturday morning I went shopping with my Dad. Belfast city centre was our destination and I was in seventh heaven. My Christmas wish...
Although pantomime is the thing at Christmas, it’s far from the only attraction. If you are searching for a unique Christmas outing look no further...
Kerry Whelan, the author of See You On The Other Side has devised a neat way of guiding his reader into the story of Davy Gibson, a teenager caught...
It was a beautiful calm morning in north Belfast when I called with Ray Wilson at the neat little house where she has lived for 50 years. She had...
Take the road up the hill out of Broughshane, along the coggly lane to the old farmhouse now converted into a cosy home. Here you’ll find Willow...
Halloween took on a new meaning in 1959. It was the day Ulster Television opened its doors to the public, initially in the Belfast area but...
Imagine a stout wooden shed, cosy and warm, the smell of pancakes sizzling on the skillet, walls vibrating to the sound of fiddle music and singing....
Meeting up with Greg Cowan is a treat. We’ve been friends since he appeared on an Ask Anne programmes where he was a hit with the viewers - but...
I’ve had awful toothache but I phoned the dentist and now I’m on the road to recovery. It made me think; what if I lived in Gaza? If my family who...
“Could I have your attention, ladies.” Tuesday April 18 1911. Campbell is the foreman. Nan Rose, a child, is a doffer in the linen mill. With her...
Newcastle Lions have mounted a vigorous campaign to reverse the BBC decision to axe the vital sign language provision on news programmes. Zone...
It’s really swings and roundabouts. First it was salt, then fat, now it’s sugar but when the late Dr Michael Mosley says “sugar”, I take...
I will take this column out on a cold day next January and recall the last day of August in Donegal. The sky is blue, the lanes are flanked by...
Fancy becoming a star of stage, screen and television? This just might be your chance, a stepping stone to success. I’ve always wanted to be a...
I knew nothing about the Antrim and Newtownabbey Crematorium until 10 days ago when a funeral service opened my eyes to this state of the art...
What do you do if you hate your life, your name, your family? Or most of them? Emmet McCrudden grew up in the small village of Carricktown...
When I look back all those years, our wedding was a great day. The church service, the reception organised to perfection by my parents - Dad the...
When Maureen Martin asked me to accompany her to meet friends visiting from Ohio in the United States, I was happy to accept but didn’t expect to...
“You’re far too nice, you’ve got to be a diva, you must be a diva.” A director’s uncompromising note to actress Caroline McMichael who plays...