A top selling American author whose latest fictional book will be set during the Troubles was in North Belfast last week to meet with a local political prisoner to hear about life in Armagh Jail. Texan writer Patricia Falvey travelled to the North over the Easter period to research her latest book,
Archive | April, 2012
Ex-prisoner shares Armagh experiences with US author
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Top level secrecy used to bring maestro to world stage
There’s so much soccer on TV these days that it’s hard to keep track of the games. It is great to able to watch your favourite team at home or in the pub but for me it comes nowhere near to attending games live. When the subject is aired – who’s the best footballer you ever saw? – I restrict myself to players I have had the pleasure of observing in the flesh.
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Mother and brothers took their own lives
Vincey Donaldson lost his mother and two of his brothers to suicide. The local family’s unfathomable loss confirms that suicide does not discriminate according to sex or age. The triple tragedy also indicates that suicide, while certainly more prevalent nowadays, is not a new concern.
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8 months for burglar
A LENADOON man whose son walked in on a burglar in the middle of robbing the family home has welcomed the eight-month jail sentence handed down to the culprit. Christopher ‘Cricky’ Reid, 18, with an address at Hannahglen Heights, was found guilty of burglary with intent to steal at a home in the Carrigart Avenue area of Lenadoon on January 8.
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How can we learn to learn?
This time of year teachers come together to talk about teaching. Often the talk is about pay and conditions but there may be teachers who would like to talk less about pay and conditions and more about what they have to teach and the level of stress they have to endure. Teaching should be a happy occupation, often it is stressful, and sometimes disastrously so.
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Sounding off about a fine state of affairs
JUST 14 fixed penalties were issued by Belfast City Council in the past year, even though they received over 6,000 complaints. Most people reading this would be able to identify 14 people within a hundred yards of their home deserving of a City Hall fine.
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