by RuthDE | Apr 18, 2023 | 2023, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
When she reflects on the past 25 years, Ruth Dudley Edwards is haunted by memories of her two close friends, David Trimble and Lyra McKee, two gifted but very different people who bookend that period Published: 18 April 2023 For the last few weeks I’ve been...
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 | Apr 20, 2021 | 2021, August, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
I’m writing a book about Royal consorts, so every part of his funeral that Prince Philip so meticulously planned was of interest to me. Published: 20 April 2021 From the poignancy of the jar of sugar cubes alongside the cap, gloves and lap blanket on the seat of the...
by RuthDE | Jan 21, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, January, Journalism
Tory grandee may be best Prime Minister we never had, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards, but he knows very little of this place Published: 21 January 2019 A revered and popular MP last week, apropos the Prime Minister, said: “She’s still going back to the DUP...
by RuthDE | Feb 26, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Despite the fuss, my criticisms of the Belfast Agreement have nothing to do with Brexit, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 25 February 2018 Last week an article of mine in The Daily Telegraph sparked off a big row between Brexiteers and Remainers over the...
