Sunday Sun - Columnists - Alan Ross

Taking a bow wow

Sunday Sun — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:30:00 GMT

ONE of the things I managed to do during my Christmas and New Year break was to catch a movie that several friends had recommended.

Taste of weeks to come

Sunday Sun — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:53:00 GMT

I TRUST I find you fit and well on this, the third Sunday of the year. You'll need to be firing on 100% of your cylinders to get through the next 12 months, if our friends in the marketing and promotion division of UK plc have anything to do with it.

Stop, it’s Sunday

Sunday Sun — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

NORMALLY, if you were to read this column sometime between 6am and 10am on a Sunday morning and turn the radio onto Magic 1170, you’d hear my colleague Roger Kennedy, doing one of his two weekend breakfast shows.

Changed forever

Sunday Sun — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

I’M writing this in advance, with fingers crossed, since this weekend is the 10th anniversary of the event that literally has changed our world.

Cut to the chase

Sunday Sun — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:00:00 GMT

I HOPE you are enjoying your “extra” hour this morning. You did remember to put the clocks back, didn’t you?

Wet to the bone

Sunday Sun — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

DURING the past few weeks, I’ve been paying more attention than usual to the weather, both during and after my short break away in North America.

Not so nice

Sunday Sun — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

WE’VE all been suffering from a bad case of acronyms recently.

What a load of Muppets they are

Sunday Sun — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A FEW weeks ago, there was much hilarity at the expense of Danny Alexander, the new Secretary to the Treasury, when some bright spark spotted that he was a Muppet.

Pride in our boys

Sunday Sun — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

HOMECOMINGS are funny old things . . . it seems you either do it with your head held high, or staring at the floor shuffling along, hoping no one will see you.

Scrap council 'news'

Sunday Sun — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:30:00 GMT

WELL, the politicians certainly are softening us up. We can’t say we have not been warned.

Sillier than silly

Sunday Sun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WHAT journalists call the "silly season" is fast approaching. It's certainly the onset of the season of "wishful thinking". The Eurovision Song Contest always heralds it.

Not on the money

Sunday Sun — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:04:00 GMT

MANY a true word is spoken in jest, so the saying goes.

Other side to Brown

Sunday Sun — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AT the time of writing this column the polls were nowhere near closing, so predicting a result is not something I'll even attempt.

Down the years

Sunday Sun — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

YEARS ago, one of my first columns in this paper was about the wonders of digital cameras.

Vote for hell?

Sunday Sun — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of my listeners, Eric Whitehouse, sent me a very timely political gag that has been doing the rounds on the internet. In case it hasn’t appeared in your inbox, here’s the gist of it.

Catch these scum

Sunday Sun — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

THE nature of my job means that I inevitably come into contact with news pretty much non-stop.

Smell the roses

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THERE are loads of sayings about seeing the positive in things, aren’t there? Just some that spring to mind: Glass half-full, always look on the bright side, every cloud has a silver lining, there’s always someone worse off than yourself, etc.

The good guys

Sunday Sun — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IN just a few weeks we will be up to our eyes in the stench – sorry – in the cut and thrust of healthy debate, as once again we get to put a cross on a ballot paper in order for our elected representatives to largely ignore what we think and, judging by some of the last lot, feather their nests while doing it.

Offers i can’t refuse

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ABOUT this time each year, I gaze around the little bedroom that I use as an office and think that I really must get around to clearing up some of the stuff.

Tests of time

Sunday Sun — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT

THE turn of another year, but also another decade. Gives one time to pause. What's changed over the past 10 years? And will we have any conception of what life will be like on January 3, 2020?