William Graham
From Upperlands to Athens - journalist Bruce Clark on his fascination with Greece and his new history of Athens: The City of Wisdom
BRUCE Clark, who hails from Upperlands, Co Derry, has been on a life-long Greek odyssey and his latest book Athens: City of Wisdom is a classic journalistic and academic analysis of the ancient and the modern.
Rostrevor Literary Festival returns, honours poet Michael Longley
CELEBRATED poet Michael Longley will headline the fifth Rostrevor Literary Festival on November 27 as the annual event returns with another diverse programme at An Cuan on the Shore Road.
Canon Dermot Jameson: Committed cross-community worker dies aged 93
AN Anglican canon known for his extensive cross-community work has died at the age of 93.
William Graham: John Hume was a powerful voice for peace
John Hume was a powerful voice for peace who had the code to unlock the gateway to a political process to end a terrible conflict thus saving thousands of lives in the north of Ireland.
Focus of new documentary on responders who picked up the pieces during Troubles
DAVID Bolton was in his garden near Tempo, Co Fermanagh, on August 15 1998 when he got the telephone call about the Omagh bomb.
William Graham: Reflecting on Willie Frazer's controversial contribution to northern politics
?The small "Ulster'' caravan was parked at the end of the driveway to the five-star Fairmont St Andrews Hotel in Scotland in the autumn of 2006 and sitting inside was the protester Willie Frazer from Markethill, Co Armagh.
William Graham: Where are the peacemakers in Northern Ireland today?
THIS is the question – where are the peacemakers now in the year 2018 in a divided society in Northern Ireland? A few years ago in Washington DC I stood on a step at the Lincoln memorial where Martin Luther King delivered his ``I have a dream speech.
Former Irish News correspondent recalls dramatic hours leading up to signing of the Good Friday Agreement
TWENTY years ago at dawn on Good Friday, politicians had a tear in their eyes as they took a walk in the clear light along a path lightly dusted with snow frost.
Good Friday Agreement - unitidy as it was - is our best chance
ON the banks of the river Strule stands the Omagh memorial garden, a special place that recalls the words of the poet John Hewitt - “bear in mind these dead".
Irish News's former political correspondent on his visit to Cuba
FORMER Irish News political correspondent William Graham recalls a visit to Cuba in the months after the Twin Towers attack to report on a visit by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams ... and getting Fidel Castro's autograph.