Sam McBride
@sjamcbride.bsky.social
Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
Also this magnificent sign.
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Also this magnificent sign.
Delighted you enjoyed it. Thanks, John.
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Delighted you enjoyed it. Thanks, John.
Although after listening back to the first five minutes, I can't listen to any more after hearing myself say that TMS was on 298 longwave, when it was 198 - and that Robin Martin Jenkins was the commentator, when it was of course his late father Christopher. Mea culpa.
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Although after listening back to the first five minutes, I can't listen to any more after hearing myself say that TMS was on 298 longwave, when it was 198 - and that Robin Martin Jenkins was the commentator, when it was of course his late father Christopher. Mea culpa.
It most certainly is not. And not all Scots agree - I watched Scotland beat an excellent Ireland team, including Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan, in Dublin 20 years ago!
January 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
It most certainly is not. And not all Scots agree - I watched Scotland beat an excellent Ireland team, including Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan, in Dublin 20 years ago!
One at a time - we're coming there too!
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One at a time - we're coming there too!