Author Archives: Peter Morrow

It’s a relatively new phenomenon here, imported from the US, I believe, although until recently it hadn’t come to my attention.

That it’s the day after Thanksgiving Day (something we don’t really celebrate in the UK, for obvious historical reasons) necessitates we consider it a remarkable example of social irony; for it appears predicted on the very opposite of contented thankfulness for what one already has, and a determination to gain what another has, and at their expense if necessary.

The Belfast Telegraph is Northern Ireland’s National Newspaper; we know it locally as ‘The Tele’.On perusing a copy recently I came across this column by Robert McNeil, and noted this subsection.

Faith a serious business

Plague, flood and famine no longer bother us much, but religion still does.