Page 10, 10th January 1986
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Our Dog Really Is A Cat!
NOT SO long ago, one of our helpful readers — of which, in season and out, there are happily many — took me aside to explain that our cat was not ours. More accurately, we were......
Yes Tha T's Showbiz
I HAVE more than a sneaking sympathy with people on both sides of the Irish Sea — never mind the Atlantic — who groan at the plethora of showbiz awards programmes. Even people......
Little Pulling Power
THE SECOND ceremony was one I had the honour to introduce myself — the first National Entertainment Awards sponsored by Opel cars and aiding the Rehabilitation Institute. It was......
`it's Only A Fillum'
I WAS watching "Contract on Cherry Street", mainly because I wanted to see Frank Sinatra playing a cop who became an illegal — avenging angel. I have grown used to......
Decimation Of A Flock
A FLOCK of birds knocked out the engine of an Aer Lingus 737 and it had to return to Dublin Airport. Emergency. Broadcaster Gay Byrne was on board and i understand from the......
Coming In From The Cold
FROM Graham Greene to Len Deighton, when it comes to secret headquarters to powerhouses of espionage, nine times out of ten the ambience is one of anonymous backstreets. I felt......
100 Years Of Fr Sylvester
NINETEEN eighty six is the Year of International Peace, the Year of the Spitfire, and the Year for Industry. Who thinks up all these "Years" and what good do they do? Is it......