Opinion

MOVIES: Chu manages to hit the right note yet again

MOVIES: Chu manages to hit the right note yet again

WickedIf the build-up to the oncoming Christmas holidays has you craving sparkles, pizazz and unyieldingly magical entertainment, then the big screen adaptation of Wicked, one of the most popular Broadway musicals off all time, will not leave you wanting when it comes to fantasy and magic.

EYE ON THE PAST: November 1983 – Adams new leader of Sinn Féin

EYE ON THE PAST: November 1983 – Adams new leader of Sinn Féin

We look at the stories that were making the headlines on this week in 1983

CLAIRE HANNA MP: 'I want to make voters confident and hopeful about the future'

CLAIRE HANNA MP: 'I want to make voters confident and hopeful about the future'

I FREQUENTLY say that if the SDLP didn’t exist, someone would invent it. As I’ve made my way around various parts of the North in the weeks since I took on the role of SDLP leader, I believe in this more than ever. This week my constituency tour takes me close to home, to North Belfast and an open meeting with those who want to hear more about where we’re hoping to take things in the years ahead.

WE SAY: Winter payment must be quick

WE SAY: Winter payment must be quick

NEWS that Stormont has cobbled together a package that will allow pensioners in the North to receive £100 towards the cost of winter fuel is welcome – but that welcome comes of course with terms and conditions.

OPINION: Monitoring round is opportunity to replenish empty arts coffers

OPINION: Monitoring round is opportunity to replenish empty arts coffers

It's all eyes on the Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons this week as monitoring round monies - those funds which come into the Executive's coffers mid-year - are splashed around.

ARTS: All aboard for an inspirational slice of trans history

ARTS: All aboard for an inspirational slice of trans history

WITH the Outburst Arts Festival turning 18 this year, Artistic Director Ruth McCarthy says she's putting the disco back into discombobulation in a nine-day extravaganza that includes visual arts, films, talks, workshops and performances.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: It's a Prod thing – why Trump worship doesn't interest the bead-rattlers

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: It's a Prod thing – why Trump worship doesn't interest the bead-rattlers

I THINK it’s fair to say that Trump veneration in this little corner of Paradise is a determinedly Protestant Thing. It’s perhaps not the done thing to mention it, but it’s just how it is.

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

ANOTHER year, another toxic round of media angst and recrimination over the issue of remembrance.

DÚLRA: Our sun’s a stranger but it lights up so much

DÚLRA: Our sun’s a stranger but it lights up so much

YOU’RE mistaken if you think a trip to the countryside is all about spotting rare birds or coming across a wild animal. Often the land itself is the star.

HEALTHWISE: When it comes to fat, go nuts for nuts

HEALTHWISE: When it comes to fat, go nuts for nuts

WE need a small amount of fat as part of a healthy balanced diet. Fats provide energy and help absorb vitamins (A, D, E and K), with Omega 6 helping with skin health.

MOVIES: Are you not entertained? Well, you soon will be

MOVIES: Are you not entertained? Well, you soon will be

Gladiator IIThe long wait is finally over, and Ridley Scott's much-hyped sequel to arguably one of his finest films finally hits the big screen this week.

SQUINTER: Israeli Ultras' Dutch courage causes a bit of a stir

SQUINTER: Israeli Ultras' Dutch courage causes a bit of a stir

IF the country Squinter lived in (Which one’s that? Ed.) had killed 45,000 Arabs, 70 per cent of them women and children, he’s not sure he’d get on a plane to a European capital to highlight that dread statistic.

GERRY ADAMS: Coalition partners have failed to plan

GERRY ADAMS: Coalition partners have failed to plan

THE southern general election was called last Friday. In just over two weeks’ time 174 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) will be elected to the Dáil – an increase of 14 over the number elected in the 2020 general election.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: The Battle of the Poppies – why the Lurgan loser ending up winning

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: The Battle of the Poppies – why the Lurgan loser ending up winning

WITH Remembrance Week over for another year…

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

ANOTHER year, another toxic round of media angst and recrimination over the issue of remembrance.