I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate an occasional column to books. We can return to Brexit, the Protocol, and other such matters at anoth...

The posting online of a vile video showing members of the Orange Order mocking the murder of Michaela McAreavey has been widely condemned. Last wee...

Last week, U.S. Congress member Richie Neal, chair of the Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill, led a congressional delegation from Washington ...

Sunday, May 22, marked 24 years from the historic referendum in May 1998 that saw almost three quarters of people in the North vote in support of t...

As this column goes to print Boris Johnson comes to visit our political leaders in Hillsborough. Whatever he may say or not say one thing is clear....

It was never supposed to be like this. I watched with interest as one BBC presenter, reporting on the Assembly election results, told his largely B...

I first published this article in 2005 and again, slightly amended in 2016. It is dedicated to all candidates from all parties and none, and their ...

It's the final countdown to polling day and the pundits and pollsters are filling the airways and column inches with their take on who will be the ...

My recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after L...

On Easter Sunday Irish republicans across Ireland and globally will commemorate and celebrate the men and women who rose up against the British Emp...

The democratic question remains the key issue internationally. It has been so since people asserted their right to citizenship. At the heart of tha...

On 1 April 1970 the Ulster Defence Regiment formally took its place in the ranks of the British Army. The UDR was a locally recruited militia estab...