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THE wealth of coastal scenery in County Sligo seems to me to be second to none. (OK, so maybe I’m a little biased!). When I

WHEN a violinist takes his/her violin out of its case, the instrument will, nine times out of ten, work. The player may be feeling under

It’s been suggested to us on countless occasions that we compile a coffee-table book made up of some of the prize ‘post-gig’ audience quotes, to

A few years back, in between two Scottish Opera contracts, I had a couple of weeks off in which I was offered to sing on

QUESTION : What’s the difference between a soprano and the PLO? ANSWER: You can negotiate with the PLO! I have to say at this juncture

Back in the last Millenium, in the days when I looked even more like a tenor, in 1995 to be more precise, Niall Morris, Paul

Take one medium-sized puffin, leave it in a vat of porridge overnight to marinate and in the morning enjoy this hearty breakfast. Who needs “Shreddies”?

APART from the train service which seems much the same as in the 1970s, Sligo’s face just keeps changing. On every trip home, I see

It has remained a constant source of amazement to me, that no-one, on for example the National Geographic channel, has ever put forward a theory

When you say the words “Abbey Road” to people they immediately think of the Beatles, EMI, zebra crossings and possibly a wall covered in graffiti.