by RuthDE | Feb 13, 2026 | 2026, Belfast News Letter, February, Journalism
I am sick of people rushing to judgement, and many of them are sick of me denouncing the herd mentality. Published: 12 February 2026 My latest offending behaviour was to suggest that Peter Mandelson’s championing of the Omagh families’ civil case against the bombers...
by RuthDE | Aug 3, 2022 | 2022, Daily Mail, Journalism, July
RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS pays tribute to a humble colossus of peace Published: 26 July 2022 My long and close friendship with David Trimble began in 1985 at yet another conference lamenting the sorry state of Northern Ireland. A friend and I decided to alleviate the...
by RuthDE | Nov 3, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, November
Stephen Nolan and his producer, David Thompson — who offend the Northern Ireland elite because they broadcast the views of people they find deplorable — are being recognised as heroes in political and media circles across the Irish Sea. Published: 2 November 2021 This...
by RuthDE | Mar 9, 2020 | 2020, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, March
Petition highlighting anti-Protestant bias at Queen’s should be supported, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 March 2020 I’m not much given to signing petitions, but I’ve signed one asking Queen’s University Belfast and the Queen’s...
by RuthDE | Jun 19, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The 37 academics who wrote to complain demonstrated double standards and contempt for free speech, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 18 June 2018 Universities are increasingly under pressure from bullying lobby groups to abandon free speech. Consider this...
