by RuthDE | Jun 7, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, June
“Puritans, eat your heart out”, observed a friend who is well acquainted with how in the 17th century the British monarchy learned a valuable lesson from being briefly overthrown. Published: 7 June 2022 As I watched the main events and cheering crowds of the jubilee...
by RuthDE | Dec 31, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, December, Journalism
Last Christmas was the first for years that I didn’t write a column about people I would like to deport to a desert island. Published: 28 December 2021 With Covid busily ruining the lives of so many, it seemed tasteless to wrench from their families even people like...