Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy June 22, 2026

Donie Tarrant and Alan Tuffery talk about Bloomsday the celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. It is just a piece of nonsense for the literary crowd? Is the book worth reading or is it overblown nonsense?

Human Nature

George Mulcahy June 8, 2026

Donie Tarrant and Alan Tuffery consider ‘Human Nature’. Is our nature fixed or can we change. Where do our moral ideas come from? Are some people just bad?

Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy May 25, 2026

Presenter Donie Tarrant and Regular Contributor, Alan Tuffery talk about funerals Religious and secular funerals, Planning our funerals. Funerals customs in past times.

Are we losing our thinking skills?

George Mulcahy May 11, 2026

Presenter, Donie Tarrant and Regular Contributor, Alan Tuffery ask whether we are in an ‘Age of Unreason’. Are we losing our thinking skills? Is it the result of spending more time on screens? Are we being deliberately ‘dumbed down’?

Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy April 20, 2026

Presenter Donie Tarrant and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery discuss the way we speak. Why clichés make language dull. The horrors of ‘Business-speak’ and the joy of plain language.

Alan Tuffery – Media Literacy

George Mulcahy March 9, 2026

Regular contributor, Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to consider Media Literacy. Where does our information come from? Is it reliable? How can we test it?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy February 10, 2026

Donie Tarrant and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery, consider Co-operation as the superpower of us humans. Where does it come from? Who should we co-operate with? What are its advantages?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy January 19, 2026

Michael Sullivan and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery, discuss ‘The Death of Reading” What’s the evidence that there is less reading? What caused it? What are the consequences?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy December 8, 2025

With an eye on the Christmas season with its emphasis on socialising, Donie Tarrant and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery ponder why some people love all the partying while others dread it. What are the different personality types? How do they affect our…

Northside Today: Alan Tuffrey

George Mulcahy November 24, 2025

Emma Farrell and Regular Contributor, Alan Tuffery, talk about Antisocial Behaviour. What behaviours are annoying and make life less pleasant? Do these minor acts of thoughtlessness make more significant acts of vandalism more likely?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy November 10, 2025

Presenter Donie Tarrant and regular contributor Alan Tuffery mark the Autumn Equinox and the beginning of Autumn. How are the seasons defined? What special features should we look out for and enjoy?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy September 2, 2025

Donie Tarrant and Alan Tuffery think about the Presidency. What qualities should we look for in a President? Who Should be allowed to Vote for the President? How to nominate? Should the President have to take a religious oath

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