Thoughts that provoke, stimulate and inspire.
Radio Ulster,·1201 episodes
Chasing knowledge, pursuing the news, can feel like chasing the wind.
13 Nov 2025,·2 mins
Using language that is vivid will engage the listener.
I thank God for those who were gathered to share happy memories of our own school days.
12 Nov 2025,·2 mins
It may feel as though peace is slipping further from our grasp.
11 Nov 2025,·2 mins
My fear is that AI is corroding our young people's ability to think independently...
10 Nov 2025,·2 mins
The childhood friends from those long-ago happy days fought together and died together.
09 Nov 2025,·2 mins
Increasingly trenches are being replaced by computer screens.
07 Nov 2025,·2 mins
Here were three competent women asserting their rights to live where they wanted to.
06 Nov 2025,·2 mins
We live in an age where there is a huge variety of names given to children.
05 Nov 2025,·2 mins
Does anyone ‘remember remember the 4th November?’
04 Nov 2025,·2 mins
I remember thinking “It’d be a bad job if I fell in there” – and then I fell in.
03 Nov 2025,·2 mins
She handed me her phone and told me to ring home.
02 Nov 2025,·2 mins
Generations will never have to endure the arm work-out that came with carving a turnip.
31 Oct 2025,·2 mins
A whole chain of events kicks in to form a clot.
30 Oct 2025,·2 mins
It has become the longest-running musical in the history of London’s theatreland.
29 Oct 2025,·2 mins
Strategy will always be beaten by the simple realties of being human.
28 Oct 2025,·2 mins
Like everything in life, social media has its pros and cons.
27 Oct 2025,·2 mins
They are right though when they say that pride comes before a fall.
26 Oct 2025,·2 mins
The United Nations officially came into existence 80 years ago today.
24 Oct 2025,·2 mins
There have been meetings between British monarchs and Popes before, but not for prayer.
Books don’t just entertain us — they enlarge us.
22 Oct 2025,·2 mins
One luxury I give myself around my birthday, is turning off the alarm.
21 Oct 2025,·2 mins
I hadn’t realised that there was a chip basket involved.
20 Oct 2025,·2 mins
I am curious, nervous, maybe excited about being “on the cusp”.
19 Oct 2025,·2 mins
Memory is just one of the complex mechanisms in our brain that make us who we are.
17 Oct 2025,·2 mins
“All of humanity’s miseries stem from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”
16 Oct 2025,·2 mins
Can places of devastation ever truly become places of peace?
15 Oct 2025,·2 mins
I woke up and looked out the window to an incredible sight.
14 Oct 2025,·2 mins
Eddie proudly showed them his Sherrif’s badge while they treated him.
13 Oct 2025,·2 mins
I am beyond grateful.
12 Oct 2025,·2 mins
