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From Royal Portrush to Dunluce Lodge, Open Championship ‘boss’ Wilma Erskine is a golf and tourism great

Many women working in a man’s world encounter difficulties, often facing intimidation and being badgered; to succeed they need to be strong, know...

29.04.2024 40

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On the right track in Whitehead

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...

22.04.2024 7

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Just like granny used to make

Calling all grannies. Do you share your cooking and baking skills with your grandchildren? Calling all children. Do you share your granny’s cooking...

15.04.2024 7

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‘My heart went out to Kate, I know what she has gone through’

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...

08.04.2024 10

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North Street Arcade neglect highlights Tribeca failure

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...

01.04.2024 10

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The hidden meanings behind Belfast’s street signs and a walk down memory lane

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...

25.03.2024 6

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Specs, bikes, sewing machines and tools from Co Down get new life in Africa

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...

18.03.2024 7

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Why we should aim to follow the example set by social activist Mary Ann McCracken

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...

09.03.2024 20

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Parallel Lives in the shadow of Benbulbin from the 18th century to the present day

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...

04.03.2024 10

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The science of being a rainbow in someone’s cloud

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...

17.02.2024 10

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Bringing Ireland’s historic links to America to life

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...

10.02.2024 6

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Remembering the tragedy of the sinking of the Princess Victoria

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,...

03.02.2024 9

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Why you should take part in the Belfast-based Covid-19 cancer study

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...

29.01.2024 8

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Sight loss shouldn’t be a barrier

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...

20.01.2024 6

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Saying goodbye to Havelock House is era ending

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...

14.01.2024 4

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Post Office computer story must be told

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...

07.01.2024 10

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