Latest:
- 15:02 McIlroy finishes fifth in Dubai
- 14:52 Foden haunted by Rome blunders
- 14:52 Suarez 'misled' club over handshake
- 14:02 Syrian officers 'should be named'
- 13:52 Defeat an eye-opener for Hughes
- 13:52 Neville welcomes Pienaar return
- 13:52 Youthful Saha makes winning start
- 13:52 AVB looks to Europe for boost
Gail Walker
Pomp and circumstance but a time of sorrow for Queen, too
At 85 and on one of the coldest days of the winter, there was no likelihood of
the Queen peering out the window at the heavy snowfall and saying to her
husband, not long out of hospital after a heart scare: "I think we'll
give church a miss this morning."
Comment on this article
Inside Gail Walker
Gritty, moving and heroic...Billy plays captured life here
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ... Sunday's 30th anniversary screening of the seminal Too Late to Talk to Billy was riveting viewing. But it wasn't nostalgic viewing.
Comment on this article
What's really sick about Polanski film
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
It's an adaptation of a brilliant play, stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C Reilly and has received rave reviews.
Comment on this article
We need a chat show
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Chances are you won't have seen it - your Saturday nights are more thrill-packed, you don't have an RTE aerial - but there was a great interview with Holly Sweeney on the Brendan O'Connor show at the weekend.
Comment on this article
Easy money ... but who'd want to live on The Estate?
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
There's been outrage at the new BBC NI reality series The Estate, a fly-on-the-wall documentary whose main characters include a single mum of five living on benefits and an alcoholic.
Comment on this article
Why Peter going to GAA final is a whole new ball game
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
You have to hand it to the First Minister.
Comment on this article
Let’s be honest, all this sniping at Christine Bleakley is really a hate crime
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Until a few days ago the constant sniping at Christine Bleakley was an
irritation — a growing one — but an irritation nonetheless.
Comment on this article
How Bobbie can show us all what respect really is
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
You do wonder if it's possible to live the type of life in Northern Ireland
that is commonplace elsewhere. One not soaked in old resentments and
enmities at worst or, at best, mutely, teeth-grittingly accommodating.
Comment on this article
Face it Elton, Madonna's a real winner
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Yes, I know it's just a harmless little celebrity feud that we should all sit back and enjoy, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for Madonna in her latest spat with Elton John and his partner David Furnish.
Comment on this article
Talk about being unfair to Christine
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Of all the unfair criticism levelled at Christine Bleakley over in Albion, the jibes that rile most are those about her Ulster accent.
Comment on this article
Why Titanic had a different class of man on board
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
The sight of the stricken Costa Concordia has struck some kind of collective memory. The great ship broken by the sea, the terrified passengers scrambling for safety, the lifeboats lowered awkwardly into the sea, the accusations of incompetence and ill-preparedness for the worst ...
Comment on this article
Yes, sometimes football really can be a beautiful game
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Cue 'minnows', cue 'giant-killing', cue 'sent crashing out of the cup' ...
Comment on this article
It's time to scupper these crazy Titanic auditions
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
News that the Titanic visitor attraction in Belfast will be subjecting potential employees to a MTV/X Factor style 'audition' produces a heavy sinking (yes, pun intended) feeling in the pit of the stomach.
Comment on this article
Sobering to watch Sarah out of control
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
What a sad state of affairs Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding finds herself engulfed by.
Comment on this article
Many will understand just how Sinead felt
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Heaven knows, she's not the first person to realise she had made a mistake, even on the return trip down the aisle, but she is one of the very few to have the chutzpah to correct her error at the earliest opportunity.
Comment on this article
It's taken 100 years, but at last our ship's coming in
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
It was a long time coming but it's finally happened. No, not the fact of the Titanic centenary, but rather the connection between the ship and the city where it was built.
Comment on this article
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
What do you see - an old crone or a beautiful elegant lady (replete with Edwardian hat)? Is the glass half full or half empty?
Comment on this article
Pippa's bum, bluff camaraderie on local radio and the Titanic ... 25 things I'm wishing for in 2012
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Yes, it's time for my much-anticipated annual list of New Year wishes. So here you are ... from celebs and politicians to Titanic and town centres to local TV and radio, here's what I'm really hoping for in 2012.
Comment on this article
Let's drive home Darren's triumph
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
By every single criterion attaching to the words "sports" and "personality"
there is only one winner of this week's BBC Sports Personality of the Year
in 2011: Darren Clarke.
Comment on this article
Christmas, a time of joy but also of sorrow
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Christmas is a funny old time, my Dad used to start saying around this time of year. By which he meant there was often very little amusing or remotely cheering about it.
Comment on this article
Why poorly dubbed adverts make me reach for off switch
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Have yourself a badly dubbed Christmas ...
Comment on this article
Most popular in Opinion
- Sash and regalia - what are my ancestors wearing?
- TeleToons: Topical and political cartoons from Belfast Telegraph
- Dublin's links with IRA shrouded in ambiguity
- Arts funding axe brings shame to Stormont
- Those who enjoy Paisley’s ill health must be sick people
- Maybe Denise didn't boob after all
- Stalling on 'tap tax' is going to get us nowhere
- Men prefer flirts to beauties, just ask Dame Eileen
- Dappy's tinnitus is a real bum rap
- UK must stick to its guns in debate over weapons
Old School Pictures: Ian Paisley
To launch gallery click image or select school belowMethodist College, Campbell College, Grosvenor,
Bangor Grammar, Dunlambert, St Augustine's,
St Dominic's, Royal Academy, Ballymena Academy
Breaking News
Historical Ulster: Lisburn

Historical Ulster: Lisburn
Historical Ulster: Bangor
Historical Ulster: Banbridge
Historical Ulster: Ballycastle
Historical Ulster: Ardglass
Historical Ulster: Portrush & Portstewart
Historical Ulster: Towns and Villages
Historical Ulster: The Belfast Blitz
Historical Ulster: Co Down towns
Historical Ulster: Shipyard and Linen
Latest Comments

Photosales
niJobfinder
niCarfinder
Home Delivery
Propertynews












