Squadron history book triumphs with flying colours 

The Army Air Corp's 656 Squadron is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a book telling its dramatic story and written by Ulster author Guy Warner who specialises in military affairs.

Why it's women who are first hit hard by a recession 

Well might Karren Brady say it's no bad thing for a woman to go back to work after having a baby, and it might be more sensible anyway.

O'Dowd advisory group has passed first test on inclusion 

The past two weeks will be remembered as a landmark for education in Northern Ireland. Since the Department of Education's ministerial advisory group released its report on shared education, media coverage focused on academic selection.

Adams' TV non-confession leaves us further from truth 

Just why did Gerry Adams do the big RTE interview this week – allegedly to talk about the IRA's past? Instead of coming clean on cases which remain unsolved, the dissembling Adams ended up giving us more denials, more evasions and digging more holes for himself (if you'll forgive the rather unfortunate pun).

Stormont must not turn its back on reform of libel 

Readers of newspapers and news websites, particularly of the more serious kind, tend to be people who care passionately about the political and civic health of the area in which they live and work.

Kids should know their raspberries from BlackBerrys 

At last, May is upon us: the month of sitting in the garden without wearing a coat, the Chelsea Flower Show and more Alan Titchmarsh on our televisions.

We are offering a chance to take step back from brink 

When you are on the brink of making a massive mistake, what do you do? The answer seems pretty simple to me: you stop.

Northern Ireland lawyer to stars Paul Tweed wants it made easier, not harder, to sue 

Mention libel tourism and the first Northern Ireland lawyer most people think of is Paul Tweed.

We must travel a long and winding road on marches 

Belfast's retail trade and tourism suffered badly from street protests. There are fears the coming marching season could inflict further damage. There is, though, an example that Belfast can learn from.

Stormont guilty of failure over its libel law response 

Press regulation, Leveson and the Royal Charter are the buzzwords in the media world at present. But an equally, if not more important, development – the reform of the law of defamation – has also been occupying the minds of parliamentarians, both in the Assembly and at Westminster.

How building bridges will tear down the peace walls 

The two men are from very different backgrounds; one loyalist, the other republican. Men who, at one time, would have been enemies in Ulster's and Ireland's bloody 'wars'.

London Notebook: Recess has little impact on the endless work of an MP 

People tend to assume that, if you work at Westminster, you harbour ambitions to be an MP. In my case, nothing could be further from the truth.

Why someone like Adele is an example of real success 

Dynamic, award-winning and record-breaking' is how American Vogue described its cover girl's 'five-octave contralto' range. And this was before Adele Adkins won an Oscar for the James Bond Skyfall theme.

Proposal for police museum at Maze prison is open and shut case 

Let's face it, Nicole is ageing smoothly 

So I was interested to read reports that Nicole Kidman has given up Botox and fillers.

Come again Bill, what does your theory on reincarnation really mean? 

I hate the way Coronation actor William Roache has been misinterpreted by broad sections of the media over his beliefs, which are really quite benign if properly understood.

How the Celtic Tiger is biting back at all of us 

When house buyers in the Republic were getting hammered by exorbitant stamp duty in the giddy days of the last property boom, they looked north and envied the modest 1% the British exchequer took from new home owners.

900 million hungry people a taxing problem for PM 

Prime Minister David Cameron told the World Economic Forum in Davos at the beginning of the year that the priority for his chairmanship of the G8 would be tax transparency.

Another tragedy for gun-crazed USA? The answer is to get more guns 

The National Rifle Association in America will be preparing its statement. Each time a nutcase goes berserk with a gun, the NRA insists that this proves everyone should have a gun.

Hot off the press: Royal Charter leaves media cold 

When Lord Justice Leveson published his report on the 'culture, practices and ethics of the Press', he called for "voluntary independent self-regulation".