Archive: 2009 ()
- Feb 25
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A woman who says her life has been enriched by Alzheimers
This is the radio report I made for Sunday Sequence of a conference in Belfast on Dementia and Human Rights.
Posted Feb 25, 2009
- Feb 24
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Extract - The Telling Year: Belfast 1972
This is a chapter from my book The Telling Year; Belfast 1972. It describes the life of a young journalist in a city that has started tearing itself apart.
Posted Feb 24, 2009
- Feb 23
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Extract - Empty Pulpits
The key test of Irish catholic ardour today is your stand on abortion; but I argue in this book that this supposed committment to the unborn child is rank with hyposcrisy.
Posted Feb 23, 2009
- Feb 23
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Agnes: A Woman with Dementia
Agnes Houston knows dementia. She nursed her father through it and she has now been diagnosed with it herself. But she is a radiant woman and this is a beautiful interview with someone who believes that life has meaning and is worth living, even as your faculties are falling away from you.
Posted Feb 23, 2009