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Arts deserve a minister who will fight for them

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Tom Collins

Culture minister Carál Ní Chuilín I’ve never met Carál Ní Chuilín, so I shouldn’t make too many assumptions about her. She has a Masters degree in management, and a track record as a ‘political activist’. A euphemism, I know.…

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Patriotic National flies flag for Scotland

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Tom Collins

Hold the front page. The press normally reports the news. Yesterday it made it. The launch of The National defies all accepted wisdom. The newspaper industry is supposed to be on its knees. Who launches a newspaper in this…

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Sorry tales of a Directioner dad

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Tom Collins

Sometimes there are experiences that are just not easy to talk about. It’s a man thing. You can’t confide in friends because you know they will use the information against you. Oh the humiliation if your “secret” were known.…

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Confessions of a brand junkie

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Tom Collins

When I was at school, Wrangler was the jeans brand we aspired to. To sport a pair of Wrangler jeans, with its distinctive leather patch on the backside, was the height of cool. Such was the status a pair…

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Teenage dreams so hard to beat: my life with vinyl

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Tom Collins

It’s said that inside every 50-year-old there’s an 18-year-old wondering what happened. That’s me to a tee. But now I can get in touch with my inner teenager again. The long-playing vinyl record – the LP – is making…

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