There was a discussion on local radio where it was said the awards had raised the profile of Belfast all over the world. I doubt it. I can't remember where they were held last year so they didn't do...
A female BBC journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. To check it out, she went to the...
I've just received an e-mail from a chap in Libya who apparently has more money than sense. He wants to send it to me and I can have 40% if I'll keep the rest for him. Could this be from one of...
I think in Hugo's Les Misérables there is a mention of galley slaves in the French navy. Were the powers-that-be in the Admiralty too humane to use them in the RN?
Subject:* An Irish Ghost Story *This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true.** John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was on the...
could he then claim refugee status somewhere in Europe? It's clear from the way that some of his family members were treated that it wouldn't be safe for him to return to Libya....