http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/mermaids-and-free-beer-thats-my-kind-of-place-16115422.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/mermaids-and-free-beer-thats-my-kind-of-place-16115422.html?r=RSS Many leading citizens laugh at the world's nutty countries, but is this really fair? Take that pearl among the pillocks, Iran. Robert McNeill Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/what-a-carry-on-during-madonnas-cleo-act-16115423.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/what-a-carry-on-during-madonnas-cleo-act-16115423.html?r=RSS Yon Madonnie is back. She's got a Cleopatra thing going on. Very Egyptian. Indeed, examining photies of her new stage-show, you encounter something of the ancient world's penchant for extravagant spectacle. Robert McNeill Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/dappys-tinnitus-is-a-real-bum-rap-16115424.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/dappys-tinnitus-is-a-real-bum-rap-16115424.html?r=RSS Many of you will be familiar with Dappy out of N-Dubz. He's a rapper. It's grim work but somebody's got to do it. Robert McNeill Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/letting-moobs-hang-out-is-chest-not-flattering-to-anyone-simon-16112283.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/letting-moobs-hang-out-is-chest-not-flattering-to-anyone-simon-16112283.html?r=RSS I wish to talk to you today about moobs. As I intend taking a typically scientific approach, first I shall define my terms. Moobs are male breasts, the word itself being a contraction of man boobs. Here's the rub: men aren't meant to have these. Robert McNeill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/theres-fat-chance-of-me-dating-angelina-16112285.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/theres-fat-chance-of-me-dating-angelina-16112285.html?r=RSS What has happened to Angelina Jolie's shoulders? Robert McNeill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/lifes-a-bed-of-roses-for-mani-16112286.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/lifes-a-bed-of-roses-for-mani-16112286.html?r=RSS Bass player news and, following last week's expose of Duff McKagan's fight against the booze, this week features the financial mysteries of Mani. Robert McNeill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/staying-put-is-fine-but-not-two-years-in-the-toilet-16109020.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/staying-put-is-fine-but-not-two-years-in-the-toilet-16109020.html?r=RSS We all strive for consistency in life. Mental tramrails make things easier. We know where we're going and, on occasion, even where we are. Another top scientist has been banging on this week about the need to eat at regular times and to get up at the same time every morning. Apparently, if we don't do this, we get cancer. Robert McNeill Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/why-does-drinkaddled-duff-still-look-so-good-16109021.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/why-does-drinkaddled-duff-still-look-so-good-16109021.html?r=RSS Another celebrity-style rock star has fessed up to his booze habit and, boy, it's a doozie. Duff McKagan, former bassist with soul crooners Guns N' Roses, says he drank 10 bottles of wine a day - when he was trying to cut down. Robert McNeill Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/how-ascot-sticks-to-its-fashion-rules-16109022.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/how-ascot-sticks-to-its-fashion-rules-16109022.html?r=RSS Ascot news, and the controversial racecourse has made a bags of things again, in its doomed attempt to keep out the proles. Robert McNeill Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/its-time-to-get-rid-of-english-spongers-16105690.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/its-time-to-get-rid-of-english-spongers-16105690.html?r=RSS Bile, ignorance and prejudice. Not a firm of solicitors but the Greater British response to the debate on Scottish independence. Well, sayanora to all that. The opprobrium suits those of us wanting to see Scotland a normal country. It's turning waverers towards the light in droves. Robert McNeill Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/is-this-proof-that-toms-church-is-just-rubbish-16105692.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/is-this-proof-that-toms-church-is-just-rubbish-16105692.html?r=RSS All religions based on a benevolent deity are self-evidently nuts, but some are more nutty than others. For your consideration: scientology, a pile of hokum dreamed up by a science-fiction writer. Robert McNeill Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/words-fail-me-on-dalai-lama-16105693.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/words-fail-me-on-dalai-lama-16105693.html?r=RSS <p> Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Sean Connery. I have, at some time, been in the same room as all these world leaders. Not that they noticed. Neither, I suppose, did the Dalai Lama (real name Humphrey Gyatso). </p> Robert McNeill Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000