As the late, great Terry Pratchett once said ‘It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you ...

When NASA first sent men into space in the 1960s, it faced the problem of how to write in zero gravity and spent millions of dollars designing a pen that would work in space. The Soviets got around ...

I don’t like zoos. I think they’re cruel to animals, plain and simple. I remember visiting Belfast Zoo when I was a kid and watching an elephant bang his head repeatedly against the wall, clearly ...

I am sure SDLP MLA Cara Hunter is delighted to be on the front page of today’s Irish News. The front page of today’s Irish ...

El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast  As the Supreme Court deliberates on the landmark JR87 case, which challenges the ...

Late last week, we heard that the SDLP were putting a motion before the Assembly to call for a border poll. Looking at the order paper for Monday, I see the following motion tabled by the Leader of ...

The verdict isn’t the calamity which gloomier searchers for truth and other investigators may fear. It will have a limited effect. Media managers and their journalists must hold their nerve. In an ...

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