Gail Walker

Belfast Telegraph

Dolly Parton — like country music generally — was sneered at by so-called sophisticates for years but in the end they couldn’t deny her genius

By: Gail Walker

For most of us, we are waking for the first time in a world without Dolly Parton in it.

Belfast Telegraph

Good, bad or ugly, we want to hold onto NI’s architectural heritage like this ‘Marmite landmark’

By: Gail Walker

Dubbed a ‘Marmite landmark’, Marlborough House is a functional modernist concrete office block. A head turner, though not a pretty one.

Belfast Telegraph

This much-mocked building is here to stay... and credit where it’s due for standing up to opposition

By: Gail Walker

Dubbed a ‘Marmite landmark’, Marlborough House is a functional modernist concrete office block. A head turner, though not a pretty one.

Belfast Telegraph

The simple little shopping brochure that reveals so much about how we live now

By: Gail Walker

Nostalgic Chums brochure exposes how cost of living, tech anxiety and retro comforts shape modern homemaking and our search for a safer home.

Belfast Telegraph

A brutal killer is let out of jail without a guard while the rest of us are put at risk when he goes on the run

By: Gail Walker

Dangerous murderer Gary Anderson’s day release sparks outrage. Discover how Karol Kelly’s family, Mark H Durkan and victims’ rights are sidelined.

Belfast Telegraph

We need to hear about fine men such as murdered solicitor Rory O’Kelly — and expose the moral squalor of terrorism

By: Gail Walker

It is a heartrending tableau to rival the greatest works of art and we are compelled to study it.

Belfast Telegraph

Drumcree debacle has brought a return to factory settings - Michelle O’Neill led the way and Orange Order made a big mistake

By: Gail Walker

Every day here is Drumcree Day. It has been for decades. People ask “why dredge up all these old conflicts?” But they have always been here. It has never stopped.

Belfast Telegraph

Three years behind bars for pair who laughed as they raped teen makes mockery of strategy to end violence against women and girls

By: Gail Walker

The nights are closing in now and talk turns to Halloween, but already women here must face their own very real horrors on the streets after dark.

Belfast Telegraph

Speeding drivers who kill get meagre sentences, while their victims’ families serve life

By: Gail Walker

It was one of the most shocking road safety TV ads ever shown here: a young, speeding driver kills a man and leaves a woman in a wheelchair.

Belfast Telegraph

Snooker player Mark Allen’s comments on mental health are a big win over secrecy and misplaced shame

By: Gail Walker

It should have been a routine tournament in the four-event Home Nations Series of snooker championships. But Mark Allen’s extraordinary interview with Rachel Casey on TNT after his loss to his friend and compatriot Jordan Brown on Tuesday made the headlines for its courage, honesty and exposure.