Lindy McDowell

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lindy McDowell

Maybe it’s much too hope Supreme Court ruling will prompt future reasonable debate on trans issueBuzz Lightyear will be comforted to learn that as he boldly journeys through the galaxy to infinity and beyond, one star he’s unlikely to encounter en route is Katy Perry on her concert tour. Ms Perry and a number of her celeb friends including Lauren Sanchez, wife-to-be of Blue Origin rocket man, Jeff Bezos, were blasted heavenwards on Monday this week.

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lindy McDowell

If the Irish language could talk, what do you think it would say? We know what people on both sides of the community here make of the Irish language. But what do you think the Irish language makes of us? Is it not possible, likely even, that given the chance to speak for itself, it might express dismay about how it’s been treated in recent years — not just by some of those who appear to want it written off into history, but also by a fair few of those who claim to love it and want it to prosper.

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lindy McDowell

If the Irish language could talk, what do you think it would say? We know what people on both sides of the community here make of the Irish language. But what do you think the Irish language makes of us? Is it not possible, likely even, that given the chance to speak for itself, it might express dismay about how it’s been treated in recent years — not just by some of those who appear to want it written off into history, but also by a fair few of those who claim to love it and want it to prosper.

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lindy McDowell

As someone who doesn’t believe in God (atheist) and doesn’t believe in chicken consumption (vegetarian), when it comes to this week’s row over whether or not the new KFC ad campaign is blasphemous, I have, as they say, no skin in the game — crispy coated in the Colonel’s flavoursome spice mix or otherwise.

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lindy McDowell

Governments suggest citizens should prepare for the worst, but will a three-day emergency kit really do them any good against tanks? The Europe we live in has become an unnerving place, with a blood-drenched tyrant on one side of us and his White House enabler wing-nut on the other.