"They wanted it to be the beginning of a long ribbon of holden happiness a happy marriage can deliver"

It’S not quite predestination, but let’s be honest. You can pretty much tell the kind of adults children are going to be from very early on. Like, if you look at them closely in the cradle, writes Terry Prone. 

British law, and the courts enforcing it, has a sacramental significance to older Tory voters, says Terry Prone

Millions of Americans are now hooked on drugs they or somebody close to them had prescribed for pain, writes Terry Prone

I have one issue. My right to die at a time of my own choosing in company of my own choosing, writes Terry Prone.

So there’s this little oul’ wan on the beach, it being summer when the event happens. She is elderly and small, so it is perfectly fair to describe her as a little oul’ wan. 

Exactly what moral principle is upheld by keeping an accused man offscreen is not easy to deduce, writes Terry Prone

Abuse and sexual discrimination have always been part and parcel of the theatre in Ireland, right back to the old days of the Abbey and the Gate, writes Terry Prone

Not insulting the audiences for soap operas, but you’d be pretty safe to bet none of them do physics as a hobby.

If you tell me that you’re comfortable in your own skin, I will make affirmative noises. But, secretly, I will be looking at you sideways.