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Boyish Basil could be the face that fits

They say by the time we hit forty, we’ve got the face we deserve. I’m not sure what age Basil McCrea is, but he’s got a user-friendly face.

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Meeting queen leads to door marked ‘Exit’

Martin McGuinness may have annoyed a few people this week. And made a few others nervous. And mildly pleased a few more. Odd, how the same action can provoke such a range of reactions, isn’t it?

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Making sense of that Boston College mess

So – what do you make of this Boston tapes thing, eh? You know the project: journalist Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre got together and arranged interviews with a number of former republican and loyalist combatants in our Troubles.

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Happy visions of a much loved son

Mary Enright and her husband Terry are cheerful people. When I visit them, Mary chats about the weather, Terry has a little laugh at how different my head looks when I take my cap off.

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Thatcher’s tale unquestioned but Dugdale’s another story

It’s funny the way people react to TV and film. Print? For most people now, much print requires too much effort – they prefer to watch the movie rather than read the book.

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Thatcher’s tale unquestioned but Dugdale’s another story

It’s funny the way people react to TV and film. Print? For most people now, much print requires too much effort – they prefer to watch the movie rather than read the book.

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