Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

THE WAY THINGS ARE My two islands have much in common. A reputation for hospitality and friendliness, a history of British occupation, civil strife, emigration, a brain and labour drain ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Obvious thievery makes headlines every day. Then there’s historical thievery where old, lax ways enabled procurement of indigenous cultural artefacts by other countries for their ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE For many the answer to that question is not much. Here we have free speech and expression, but inequalities still exist. Girls in Afghanistan can’t ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Breath leaves our bodies and that of other warm-blooded species, taking warmth with it. Death is cold. A breeze ruffles the grey feathers of a pigeon ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Back in the Sixties, the immaculate voice of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell drew fans to her in droves. Her songs were smart, beautiful and relevant. Recently, she ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The word ‘watch’ is as versatile as the cliched egg. On Netflix, The Watchers centres on a family new to town who find that people who ...

An Irish take on Halloween When I used to bake for my family, there was a book by Darina Allen I relied on for special Irish days, The Festive food ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The storm cracked across the sky like a brutal artillery barrage just as the Adventure Club group had decided to make camp by the lake. The ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The ancient Greek demokratia/polis system was an exclusive gents’-entitlement club, participatory and self-governing. Demokratia joins demos (people) and kratos (power). At the same time, ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Molly Russell, an apparently happy teen, killed herself and an investigation into her death seeks answers because her grieving, bewildered father wants them, and accountability. Some ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE We don’t let our memories, senses and instincts serve us well if we willfully smother them. Natural mental functions, evolved over millennia, can be submerged ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou THE WAY THINGS ARE Death is the most certain thing in life, everything dies. And the hideous variety of ways by which death gathers its dues ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou During the 80s one of the most popular programmes on CyBC radio was Request Time with John Vickers in English and Vicky ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The governing coterie of Boris Johnson has repeatedly side-stepped political propriety under his lack of leadership. Their list of misdemeanors grew until ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou She had been on my mind, so I messaged my former boss at CyBC’s English language department, respected journalist and author ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The Irish haven’t always been, still aren’t, good at appreciating their talent. Strangers with clout seem to fare better in ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou There are few who can describe human remains with the eloquence of Irish Nobel poet Seamus Heaney. Grauballe Man is too long ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I know religious people who aren’t spiritual and spiritual people who spurn organised religion. Many ancient myths and beliefs tell of ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou All round us, human progress is rapidly evolving. Still, the rich get richer, and the poor get ever poorer when a mix ...