Ruairidh Morrison

Everything looks fine in the Marina. Ballycastle doesn't get hit too hard when the wind is from.the S.

We have a few here too. But then again, too few to mention.

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...turkey brining in a giant pot. The melody of chestnuts roasting on an open fire entered, uninvited.

It's not a true grocers' comma. But have you ever thought we should just do a way with the apostrophe in it's altogether. Belonging to it, and a contraction of it is, both qualify for an apostrophe. Who decided, and when did they decide that belonging to it would just have to do without?

Wow!

Nothing else for it - Jigs and reels in the back bar of Wee Tom's

Front right! Except for rice, of course. Then it's front left to start and back left to finish. A system inherited from the previous hob. It's become a tradition!

Left???

Restaurant review: At the spiritual home of whiskey lies the Causeway coast’s best eatery It’s taken quite a bit of time, money and the recent embarrassment of buying elasticated trousers — but I think I may have just found the best restaurant on the Causeway coast.

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I'm puzzled as to why I have to choose between an annual subscription or an ad splattered mess. In the olden days I paid some loose change for a single copy of any paper I felt like reading. Often based on the front page. Why can't I buy an ad-free daily subscription? I'd pay a quid a day.