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."

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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' ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Why poorly dubbed adverts make me reach for off switch

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Have yourself a badly dubbed Christmas ...
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