My final column – and a last plea for people to listen to each other
The comedian Ken Dodd was on The Parkinson Show when they were discussing humour and how it varied in different regions.
Denzil McDaniel: Casement Park: Just build it and they will come
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times is the opening line of the Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” which is set in London and Paris. The phrase, I thought, could well apply to two other cities on our island in different periods of our recent history.
Denzil McDaniel: Nobody is listening to the voices of innocents being slaughtered
If you don’t fully understand the complexities of the Middle East conflict or know the background, you should at least know this: the majority of the thousands of Palestinians and Israelis killed in recent days were innocent civilians.
Denzil McDaniel: We’re fed up with the same old song–we deserve better
Two songs come into my mind as I sit down to consider writing this column while surveying politics in Northern Ireland, where there is little harmony.
Denzil McDaniel: Brand’s dark behaviour has been brought into the light
Humour is subjective and if you find comedian Russell Brand funny then good luck to you. Personally, I think I’d get more laughs having a rotten tooth pulled out with pliars. But, there y’go.
A moment in time at the Impartial is the beginning of something, not the end
One of the messages I received that I was most chuffed about was when I stepped down as editor of the Impartial Reporter 10 years ago; I was grateful that the card described the paper as a “great vehicle for community cohesion.”
The world could be your lobster if you use your smartphone responsibly
A guy called Iain Macaulay did tremendous work in the arts and cultural department with the old Fermanagh District Council.
If you’re Irish, come into the parlour ... but what does it mean to be Irish today?
I went to Belfast three evenings last week to catch up with all the plays in the Sean O’Casey trilogy being performed at the Lyric Theatre by the Druid Theatre company.
Working people seeking a decent living are attacked and shamed all over again
It was interesting recently to see the rail union leader, Mick Lynch being cheered to the rafters when he made a speech to the British Medical Association; junior doctors and medical professionals don’t often find themselves lining up with rail workers. Yet Lynch used irony to thank the Conservative Government for achieving such unity.
