nickhereandnow

Gays in Derry are preparing for the Foyle Pride Festival from August 13, in a more tolerant atmosphere than a few years ago when homophobic ...

When the media love to scare us all witless about the horrors of drugs, and how a few grams of skunk or cocaine will turn us into psychotic ...

We posh middle class folk like to think we eat much more healthily than those frightful working class oiks, but it's not true. We'v...

I've never felt masculine in my life, and I've never felt the urge to be like other men. Right from childhood, they seemed to have ...

One potential break-up factor I've never mentioned is adventurousness - when one person is always keen to try something new or act on i...

If the NHS is getting better all the time, as the government claims, why did pregnant 22 year old Karen Shaw have to be airlifted from Nort...

In the interests of balance, as they say, I thought I'd put the case for prostitution being completely legal - or a Tart Mart on every ...

I've been prompted to explain why I think prostitution should be banned rather than tolerated. Isn't that a bit draconian, a bit he...

I'm usually reluctant to blame my failings on being old. It's rather pathetic to trot out such a lame excuse for being exhausted or...

Well, the mystery departure was actually to Amsterdam which Jenny and I had never been to before. So many people recommended it we thought...

How sceptical we've all become about statistics. We just assume straightaway they've been massaged, fiddled and adjusted ad nauseam...

I could have reacted in different ways to being bullied at school - getting my revenge by turning into a bully myself or doing my best to ...

Is this a sad story or a happy one? John Parsons, a 71 year old retired engineer from Barry in South Wales had dreamed of having a motorbike...

A lot of women complain they can't find a suitable man - either they're stuck with a useless dickhead or they know a really bright,...

A big dilemma for defenders of the Titanic, as new research suggests the ship was so fragile it could have sunk easily in stormy weather, w...

A lot of people have pets as substitutes for children or lovers, but since I've never wanted children and I already have a very affecti...

I've never been ambitious, never been one of those thrusting, go-getting, ladder-climbing individuals who can't rest until they...

I was pleased to see that other politicians leapt on Northern Ireland government minister Ian Paisley Junior as soon as he described gays as...

I'm always bemused by workplace dress codes. As far as I can see, asking employees to wear special clothes that conform to some arbitrar...

I must admit I'm very two-faced about the idea of a looming global crisis. I see all the terrifying headlines about the imminent collaps...