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After driving around in a taxi for over an hour and a half, our taxi driver approached a police officer to assist in the search for our son, the miscreant. So it was that at about 5am he returned to the family home and started to give off about how…

It’s 23:00 on a school night and I’m searching for the miscreant in the city centre bars.  I thought optimistically that he would be in his usual haunts down town. No such luck. Not answering his mobile, not replying to text messages…same old bollocks.

Cosmopolitan Belfast has many restaurants and cafes offering anything from the delights of Katmandu to the haute cuisine of a basement restaurant called la Bastille. Cheap food is rarely delicious, but whilst waiting for a bus I popped into Arabesque, opposite one of Belfast’s best bars, Lavery’s. For £3 I…

Delia’s recipe for mince pies did not include shop bought pastry, but I don’t think she’d mind too much.

The foray into the city centre coupled with last night’s overindulgence left me in need of a drink. The bars and cafes were mostly bunged. Wetherspoons was busy, but it was easy getting served. The Thatcher’s cider was tasty and cheap, so I had another pint. Tables were fully occupied,…