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Good Samaritan act didn’t come off

AT THE top of the Ormeau Road on Monday night, Squinter and pooch hang a right on to the Knock dual carriageway to make our way towards the Knockbreda Tesco.

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Changing times even in Lisburn

TO the excellent new Lisburn Library on Monday night, where even the raucous din of dozens of teenage schoolchildren wasn’t enough to distract from the elegant and tastefully appointed facility.

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Cheeses! That can’t be right now, can it?

THERE are many questions raised by the strange case of Antony Worrall Thompson, celebrity chef, celebrity smoker, celebrity Tory toff and now celebrity shoplifter.

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Just a thought

IN the great Derry-Londonderry debate, BBC Ulster chooses Londonderry. In the great Northern Ireland/Ulster/the Province-the North debate, BBC Northern Ireland’s position is self-evident. In the great the Ardoyne-Ardoyne debate, BBC This Here Pravince favours the definite article. And, of course, the teddy bear’s head continues to float, eerily disconnected, behind the presenters’ heads, a loyal bulwark of the Great British mainland.

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Thatcher’s tale unquestioned but Dugdale’s another story

It’s funny the way people react to TV and film. Print? For most people now, much print requires too much effort – they prefer to watch the movie rather than read the book.

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Thatcher’s tale unquestioned but Dugdale’s another story

It’s funny the way people react to TV and film. Print? For most people now, much print requires too much effort – they prefer to watch the movie rather than read the book.

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