MY da Archie loved the horses and he loved a bet. He’d come home from work of an evening and after his dinner he’d settle into his seat with the Belfast Telegraph and lose himself in the tales of the turf.
SHOULD we be surprised by the decision of President Donald Trump to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores? Should we be shocked by his claim that the US will now administer Venezuela or that US oil companies will manage Venezuela’s huge oil reserves? And what of his threats against Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, Nigeria and others?
THE new exhibition about the Falls will blow your mind. It has to be seen to be believed. It's located in no better location than the former St Comgall's school.
YOU have to hand it to President Trump. Where other presidents have exercised power in the world discreetly, he grabs a bullhorn and boasts of the US’s capacity to do what it likes in the world.
THE New Year’s honours from the British King always have an added frisson here. Who in our shared society with a contested view of the legitimacy of the King’s dominion over us will accept the 'honours'?
“WE are what we eat.” Squinter thinks it was the 19th century German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach who said that. Others will tell you that the sentence is a loose translation of words spoken a bit earlier in the 19th century by the lawyer and culinary commentator Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who remarked: “Dis-moi ce que tu manges et je te dirai ce que tu es.” (“Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you who you are.”) *Ignore the haters who allege that I looked these things up on Google.
THERE was something unusual – eerie even – in the air as Dúlra and Squinter dandered along the shores of Lough Neagh on New Year’s Eve. It was a perfect winter’s day, crisp and cloudless. But the fields facing the lough seemed to have rejected the tranquil mood.
LÁMH Dhearg ended 2025 by hosting a terrific in-house tournament in honour of both Daryl Fegan and Ryan Straney after they passed away in the past 18 months.
IN a weekend which saw temperatures drop and pitches freeze due to Mother Nature's wrath, not all was lost as many other fixtures took place in the NIFL.
CREATINE is one of the most popular dietary supplements worldwide. It is relatively safe for most people, although it needs to be avoided by people with kidney conditions.
COUNCILLORS clashed at Belfast City Council on Thursday evening after the TUV and DUP criticised money prioritised over Irish language over poverty in the city.
