Claire Simpson: As lockdown drags on what now for our Christmas celebrations?

CLAIRE SIMPSON

“Any bars (gossip)?” I ask my Derry-born mother every time I ring home.

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Claire Simpson: As lockdown drags on what now for our Christmas celebrations?

Claire Simpson

“Any bars (gossip)?” I ask my Derry-born mother every time I ring home.

Brian Feeney: Public needs to be told the truth, that rolling lockdowns are here to stay until a vaccine is found

Brian Feeney

Let’s cut to the chase.

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Ambition in politics is to some minds an addiction, though arguably the decider for decent people to involve themselves in a trying and often dirty game.

Tom Collins: Shaggy dog story rises from Angela's Ashes

Tom Collins 27 Oct, 2020

I’m not planning on dying soon, but there has been a feverish discussion at home about the fate of a pair of Staffordshire china dogs that have pride of place on the mantlepiece.

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