McKelvey triumphs in Norfolk Sculls

Eighteen-year-old James McKelvey was the toast of Norwich Rowing Club in the UK last month (Oct 2011) after his triumph in the Norfolk Sculls.

A British link with Israel

Some people believe that the historic British people are descended from Israelites. This has been a recurrent claim of some British rulers and people for centuries. BIBTF - the British Israel Bible Truth Fellowship – holds this view and it’s founding was heavily influenced by Charles Samuel McKelvey…

Business, sport and university development in Belfast NI

Alan McKelvey has combined business with sport and has been to the fore in enabling the development of his alma mater The Queen's University of Belfast. Alan (L) with his daughter and Senator George Mitchell, Chancellor of QUB.

A friend of otters

Jan McKelvey is helping otters to survive and grow in England. Experts believe that the number of otters in Shropshire is growing and is part of a national trend. Jan is manager of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.

Digging up the past

Jonathan McKelvey is the Senior  Archaeological Projects Manager with Tyne and Wear Museums Service UK.

From Tsunami disaster to marriage

A couple from the UK who found love amid the horrors of the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami returned to the scene of the disaster five years on – to get married. Lydia Hewson, 35, and Andy McKelvey, 49, were specially trained police officers sent to Thailand, after the devastating tidal wave, to help with the grim task of identifying bodies.

Jack’s views on Judgment Day

Jack McKelvey is the author of one of the foremost books on the eutopian fantasies and the ideas which lead people to think that there will be a cataclysmic ending to human existence and indeed the earth itself. He examines the Branch Davidians in Waco and the teachings of the Jehovah Witnesses.

Queen's honorary physician

Tom McKelvey (1913 - 2003) was the most senior medical officer in the British Army and held the appointment of an honorary physician to Queen Elizabeth.

British politician who enjoyed going to the dogs

Willie McKelvey, a former British Labour Member of Parliament at Westminster, London, is a long-term greyhound enthusiast

Paul - the charity fund raiser with the freezer

The Beetles made the ferry across the Mersey world-famous. In July 2006, Paul McKelvey swam the Mersey pushing a fridge on a surfboard to raise money for a charity in Liverpool - Zoe’s Place, which works with terminally ill children in his home city.