| My oh my, that was one stunning spell of September weather in Northern Ireland. My uncle, who has seen a few more autumns than I have, says I am wrong to say that this time of year never seems nice in NI, and I accept that I was probably too jaundiced by the disappointment of school summers coming to an end to notice the good Septembers, but even so this spell was highly unusual, as I mention in this video. And it comes days after that spell earlier in the month when we were as hot in Barcelona. The DUP meets in Belfast today, amid an emerging Irish Sea border and criticism from loyalists including Jamie Bryson. David Thompson and I are there and we will have plenty of coverage of the conference online later and in Monday's paper. The latest court ruling on legacy will worsen the imbalance in investigations that so suits terrorists, I fear. A Florida woman, Jenny Phenix, who has been on the round-the-world cruise ship that is stuck in Belfast has unhappily departed company with the vessel. She says, however, that she found Northern Ireland people very warm. The News Letter, the oldest English language daily newspaper in the world, turned 287 during the week, as we travel on towards our 300th birthday. Thank you for supporting our journalism as we not merely keep that heritage alive but thrive into the digital age. Talking of which, early newspapers like ours were at the vanguard of advancing the then new concept of journalism, and so spreading human understanding of what was actually happening in the world. Some wealthy, technological societies don't even yet have these freedoms, three centuries later. Therefore I was pleased to join the advisory council of the Free Speech Union, which held a meeting in Belfast last evening. Enjoy your weekend and your reading, Ben | 
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