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Safety pin of sense has snapped and impaled Britain’s posterior

Safety pin of sense has snapped and impaled Britain’s posterior

This novel use of the safety pin is an odd indirect outcropping of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

Orlando not the first nightclub mass killing of gay people

Orlando not the first nightclub mass killing of gay people

In 1973, the deadliest fire in the history of New Orleans — a fire-prone city — killed 32 gay men, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 27 Jun, 2016

Strange official response to the case of the police recruit cheats

Strange official response to the case of the police recruit cheats

The PSNI decided to put cheating recruits through the course again, instead of getting new, clean applicants, writes Terry Prone.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2016

An equal opportunities massager or something much more sinister?

An equal opportunities massager or something much more sinister?

An unsought neck massage in a workplace environment became a bone of contention recently, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 13 Jun, 2016

A nation drunk on sunshine could produce another baby boom

A nation drunk on sunshine could produce another baby boom

Apparently, we fancy a bit of sexual action much more in the sunshine than when the weather is chilly, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 06 Jun, 2016

Hiroshima victims still suffered long after the bomb was dropped

Hiroshima victims still suffered long after the bomb was dropped

Little interest was evinced by the Allies in offering medical treatment to bomb victims, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 30 May, 2016

DNA technology is a true crime against a popular literary genre

DNA technology is a true crime against a popular literary genre

WHEN you’ve believed something passionately for a long, long time, it’s incredibly difficult to relinquish that belief, writes Terry Prone.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Petition ensures 'heels' are now the woman's choice

Petition ensures 'heels' are now the woman's choice

If you’re a nurse, a surgeon, a cabin steward... you wear a uniform on the job and you expect to wear a uniform, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 16 May, 2016

Ireland's deer are not to blame for humans contracting Lyme disease

Ireland's deer are not to blame for humans contracting Lyme disease

Everybody’s out hillwalking, running, Ironmanning. Except me, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 09 May, 2016

So-called New Politics is the same old politics under a new name

So-called New Politics is the same old politics under a new name

Let us reject the apologia that corrupt behaviour is in some way less corrupt if it is ‘of its time’, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 02 May, 2016