The loneliness of a long distance Christmas
MY wife sometimes accuses me of a ‘bah humbug’ attitude to the festive season but the truth is I enjoy...
Maurice's Blogs
In the shadow of Uncle Sam
THE Shakespearean drama that is the Presidential election in the United States reaches a climax on November 3 and will...
One night in Accident and Emergency
THERE was a dreadful stabbing pain across my lower belly as I stood up and I knew immediately I was...
Voices of the past
MY career as a creative writer has taken a modest step forward. A contribution to a new book, The 32:...
Days of roast-beef
TOURISM was doing a roaring trade in Northern Ireland until the Coronavirus came along. I don’t need statistics and charts...
Life and death in a lost Eden
I SPENT much of the month of June at my home in the borderlands where there are no queues at...