Anne Hailes Today

A MAN OF CHARM AND TALENT AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN AMAZING AUTHOR You’d be hard pressed to connect Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, the famous American […]

Billy Austin lives in the townland of Brackish near Tandragee and at 84 he is a prolific portrait painter.  He’s remarkable, he catches more than […]

I was so sad to read of the death of friend, entertainer, comic, singer – all of these things. John Cooke was so talented and […]

Billy Austin’s portrait of Sinead O’Connor captures the wistful beauty of this remarkable woman. Listen to her sing the Parting Glass and shed a tear. […]

A spell of good weather has people flooding to beaches and beauty spots but unfortunately some people are making potentially life threatening decisions… All around […]

What a week it’s been. From Hew Edwards to Ryan Tubrity, from protesters at the Proms to the excitement of Wimbledon. The wheelchair tennis yesterday […]

What’s with this weather, it’s doing my head in. So many people I know are suffering headaches and hay fever. Humidity and heat are draining, […]

More power to Grayson Perry and his alter-ego Claire who attended their knighthood ceremony at Windsor Castle last week. I know for a fact on […]

I don’t understand Glastonbury; perhaps it’s wonderful if you’re one of the crowd but how can you possibly see what’s going on when you’re fields […]

I spent some time in Donegal last week and the weather was amazing. Set on top of a hill it was impossible to even leave […]