Monday 20 May 2013
The brutality of the Boston bombs brought back distressing memories for people in Northern Ireland. So many of us can relate to the loss of life and terrible suffering from our personal experience of living through the Troubles.
It's not often we see politicians crying. Politicians tend to have tough hides.
Pondering other women of note during the Thatcher years has inevitably seen the lemon-sucking beady-eyed stare of Joan Collins' Alexis Carrington in newspapers this week.
The trailer for Baz Luhrmann's hotly anticipated The Great Gatsby sure looks pretty, but it concerns me that I see no hint of, um, the point of the book.
At last, a Government minister has spoken out. About One Direction. And the humungous amount of money they "earn", in the loosest possible sense of the word.
It's all gone black. I don't mean I've been blindfolded (reader's voice: "more's the pity"). I mean everywhere I look, it's just black, black, black.
In this week of compulsory grief, Daily Mail-reading idiots – no hint of an oxymoron – have even been picking on children in their quest to stifle dissent.
Scarcely had the smoke cleared from Monday's atrocity in Boston but President Obama was back playing the game of drones.
The stand-off between Sinn Fein and the DUP reminds me of North Korean diplomacy. I'm not hinting that either party resembles a secretive, Stalinist personality cult (perish the thought).
Flying flags from every lamp-post to mark out territory is one of the things that makes us seems most foreign to many visitors from other parts of the UK.
Does Theresa Villiers really have a handle on this place, do you think?
Look at the date. It's April 17. Where did the year go already? What happened to, let's say, February 25? What was I doing. I can't remember. I've just looked it up on the calendar to find it was a Monday. A bit grim then, probably.
Is there any more futile gesture than dancing on someone's grave?
The wife of the Speaker is among those not attending today's funeral of Margaret Thatcher, the UK's first female prime minister and the UK's first prime minister to lead her party to three consecutive election victories.
Not for the first time pop star Justin Bieber has provoked the outrage of Twitter, this time over a guestbook message left following his visit to the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam.
Game of Thrones is back at last and all's right with the world of Westeros.
The emotional nationwide outburst occasioned by the sad death of former PM Margaret Thatcher – how odd that sentiment seems – is a mirror-image of the outpouring on Princess Diana's demise.
I'd never heard of rapper Rick Ross until I read that Reebok had dropped him from ads for their trainers.
I've debated whether to write this bit about North Korea or Claudia Winkleman's fringe. I want to appear serious and concerned with world affairs, but also a bit fun and down with the light-hearted types.
Last Thursday a friend said he'd reached Thatcheration point.
Proposed anti-social behaviour laws are open to abuse of power and could be used by councils to create new crimes ranging from spitting to homelessness, a think-tank has warned.
House sellers' asking prices have soared to a new high, in further signs of confidence returning to the market, a property website has reported.
David Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens stressing the need to "get our own houses in order" as he pushes for international action to tackle avoidance schemes.
Roger Federer admitted he had no answer to Rafael Nadal's masterclass after the Spaniard put him to the sword to win the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome.
True Verdict built on her promising comeback run to gain a deserved opening success in the Come Racing On June 8th Maiden at Navan.
Voleuse De Coeurs got back on the winning trail in the Coolmore Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan.
Model and fitness fanatic Nell McAndrew has shown off her new baby daughter - and says that children are now her priority rather than her health challenges.
Rod Stewart said he was "over the moon" as he celebrated his 15th number one record with a champagne toast.
Rod Stewart's first album of self-penned songs in 20 years has gone straight to the top of the UK album charts.
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