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Anne HailesThe Irish News |
Many women working in a man’s world encounter difficulties, often facing intimidation and being badgered; to succeed they need to be strong, know...
For playwright Michael Cameron it began on a rail journey to Portrush. For me it began over lunch a couple of months ago. It was then that Michael...
Calling all grannies. Do you share your cooking and baking skills with your grandchildren? Calling all children. Do you share your granny’s cooking...
This week 24 years ago I had a mastectomy. It came as a dreadful shock. I was leaving the screening service in Linenhall Street, stopped to speak to a...
They promised a new destination for Belfast, bringing together a new way of working, living and shopping in the heart of the city centre. The...
It used to be the case that a street directory was part and parcel of most households in Northern Ireland. I loved these bulky red books, telling the...
Once upon a time in the days of Ulster Television’s Ask Anne, I worked with Deane Houston of the Belfast Blind Centre. When he mentioned that there...
Well, we seem to have moved on from mindfulness to kindness and what better move could there be? Nothing is new, all these thoughtful fashions we go...
Parallel Lives is intriguing - a ghost story and a love story - but the background to this book is a story in itself. Initially we are transported to...
Isn’t the world a wonderful place? Scary at the moment, fear coming at us from all sides, wars and political chaos, climate change and cost of...
Not too many people can claim a particular teacher inspired them to follow an amazing future - I know I can’t, but Anne Madden can. She was a pupil...
Last Wednesday was a date to remember because January 31, 71 years ago, was a day which brought sorrow to families in Northern Ireland and Scotland,...
When I think of the coronavirus, I think of a slimy octopus with its tentacles stretching into every area of life. Over those three-plus years and...
Watching the Masters snooker and listening through ear buds was very satisfactory. At one point I left the room, and at first I was still able to...
I made a mistake. I thought Havelock House being razed to the ground last week wouldn’t concern me, despite the request by campaigners to have a few...
Over the last couple of weeks there hasn’t been a lot on television to choose from but two have really stood out to me: In The Name Of The Father...