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.…
Continue ReadingPatriotic National flies flag for Scotland
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…
Continue ReadingSorry tales of a Directioner dad
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.…
Continue ReadingConfessions of a brand junkie
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…
Continue ReadingTeenage dreams so hard to beat: my life with vinyl
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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