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S Terry Prone: Planning for ice is like planning for covid: toilet rolls, pasta, and petrol

We knew for ages that we were going to have frost and maybe even snow this weekend and could plan for it

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Christmas table place setting. Tableware with evergreen twigs, cone and spice

S Terry Prone: I am desperately envious, but I am also smart, so I play the odds on where I might compete

My sister is a pain the arse at the most mundane of times, but she comes into her own over Christmas

Mon, 29 Dec, 2025

St. Peter's Basilica at Christmas in Rome, Italy

Terry Prone: Being mistaken for Mary Street in Rome isn't a bad start to Christmas

Getting lots of hugs from the clientele in Pope Leo's favourite restaurant is a great way to begin the festive season, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

Terry Prone: Author book signing events can have a fairy tale ending

S Terry Prone: Author book signing events can have a fairy tale ending

Writers do signings in shops all over Ireland, because the vast majority of books sold in any one year are sold in the six weeks before December 25

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration

S Terry Prone: Christmas reveals a fascinating gap between Meghan Markle and reality

New Netflix special leaves you asking if Meghan Markle truly is Christmas crackers, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

dermatologist Inspecting patient skin moles at clinic

S Terry Prone: My moles proved a bit of a snooze fest for the surgeon

'Being told that two moles that just might be cancerous were boring to the man excising them was oddly dispiriting'

Mon, 01 Dec, 2025

Terry Prone: He was a labourer. Now his family reveals the secret life of artist Eric Tucker

S Terry Prone: He was a labourer. Now his family reveals the secret life of artist Eric Tucker

Eric Tucker, who had lived quietly in Warrington, was for decades painting the people and places around the place he called home

Mon, 24 Nov, 2025

Terry Prone: It's current affairs or nothing in my house — that sends my speechifying cat to sleep

S Terry Prone: It's current affairs or nothing in my house — that sends my speechifying cat to sleep

Specs underwent a complete personality change after her brother’s death

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

Terry Prone: DJ Carey didn’t have Munchausen's, he wasn’t deluded, he was just a crook

S Terry Prone: DJ Carey didn’t have Munchausen's, he wasn’t deluded, he was just a crook

When a former client pretended to have cancer to gain attention, she didn't cost Terry Prone anything other than her time

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Weekly supermarket shopping

S Terry Prone: Digital payments are fine but, like most of us, I still prefer to carry cash

Flexible as my phone payment system is, it won’t talk to supermarket trolleys

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025