Anne Hailes Today

TAKE A PETAL OUT OF THIS BOOK. In Denmark the law requires owners of large farmland to plant 5% of their flowering land for bees. […]

It’s been a tragic week around the world. While we are reading reports about Arlene Foster standing down and Boris Johnson refusing to give a […]

Lockdown has resulted in lots of surprises, phone calls from long lost friends, a card here, a letter there and a lot of early spring […]

THE TOWER BAR HERE I COME – HOPEFULLY SOON. A lot of people are hoping to turn towards 41 Church Street in Ballymoney. Their feet […]

GOOD BYE DEAR FRIEND OF SO MANY EARLY BUTTERFLY DESPITE THE RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW, THIS BRAVE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY APPEARED IN MY NEIGHBOURS GARDEN LAST […]

It was painful to watch the Carl Frampton fight last night. He looked so small against the larger Herring and, although I know nothing about […]

James Ellis Friday evening was illuminated by celebrating the 90th birthday of the late and great actor James Ellis. He was well known for his […]

I tuned into the McCooeys yesterday afternoon, a zoom theatre production of the radio series of the 1950s. I remember the Home Service of the […]

HAS SPRING SPRUNG? What a week it’s been, dominated as it was with that interview with Harry and Meghan. What a farce. I don’t agree […]