New year is a funny time. It exists in that no man’s land of time. Is it the Christmas period or is it not? Are shops open? Have the television schedules returned to normal? Why am I so concerned that I’m asking a series of questions about it?
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Linfield hoping to ‘Spike’ Ballymena United
Due to the Christmas period, two weeks and three matches have passed since my previous column. The Blues have endured a spell of indifferent form in that period with a draw at home to basement club Lisburn Distillery, defeat at bitter rivals Glentoran on Boxing Day, followed by a 2-0 triumph over Glenavon at Windsor Park.
As an image compels, a big lie is nailed
As others pored over the papers released by the British government in relation to the hunger strikes of 1981, I was in Dublin to visit the Hugh Lane Gallery exhibition ‘Civil Rights etc.’.
Empire building on daft paddys
It’s a striking fact and a source of pride to some: the number of Irish comics who make it big in Britain. It’s been that way for decades at least: Frank Carson, Dave Allen, Jimmy Cricket, Dermot Morgan, Dara O Brian, Brendan O’Carroll – and, of course that old perennial, Sir Terry Wogan. They’ve all made the British laugh.
Life ain’t soTweet for those slagging Snow Patrol
I’ve made a huge mistake. That’s one of the most-used phrases from one of my favourite television shows of all-time (Arrested Development for those keeping up). But it’s also the exact words I was thinking when I made a recent post on Twitter.
A time to reflect on the year gone by and prepare for 2012
This is the time of year when we pause to take stock of what has occurred in the year just past. Sports clubs do this as well. What were the highlights? What went wrong? What lessons can be learned for the incoming year?
