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The hugely popular Literary Lunchtimes at the Ulster Hall, with their readings and specially themed events showcasing works by popular writers, continue tomorrow when you can get the chance to explore the other side of Valentine’s Day with poems by Scott Jamison new theatre from Nicholas Boyle and live music from harpist and singer, Ursula …
Belfast city of music sound like a NITB soundbite but there is a lot of truth in it. Moving on Music has been breaking musical glass ceilings for ages now with bands that might not be on everyone’s lips but with amongst people with a sense of adventure and wonderfully eclectic tastes in music, they …
The Lyric Theatre has unearthed a forgotten gem to begin its Tales of the City series. The St John Ervine play Mixed Marriage, running at the Lyric Theatre until 23 February, deals with Belfast’s sectarian history (and therefore, sadly, its present) and is set at the time of the 1907 Dock Strike but the …
It’s not often a snow blizzard plays havoc with an interview but that’s just what happened a firtnight ago. We’re not talking about the skiff of snow we had last week, but a full-blown, once-a-decade force of nature. I was waiting in vain to skype Andrew Dale of The Once, the excellent Canadian band from …
The unionist hissy fit over Alex Maskey saying he would protect his home by throwing stones at attackers and their response to the flag protests speak volumes about the hypocrisy at the core of their world view. Let’s take Nigel Dodds firstly, speaking on BBC’s The View. After saying that the Union was safe, the …
Karine Polwart is one of those people who, it seems, is an infinite seeker after the truth and who has the God-given talent to wrap that truth up in a package of words and music. That’s why I enjoyed our Sunday morning chat – via Skype – about what made her a singer and …
While the blades of a police helicopter whirled noisily in the grey skies above the Black Box, inside was a thing of beauty and light. Belfast has long been a bipolar city and Saturday showed both sides of its character. Outside, loyalist rioters were throwing petrol bombs, stones and fireworks at police with reports too of …
“I burned all along the Lough, (Neagh) within four miles of Dungannon and killed one hundred people, sparing none of what quality, age or sex soever, besides many burned to death; we kill man, woman and child; horse, beast and whatsoever we find.” These are the words of one Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron of Chichester …
TÁ siad ann a deir leat nár chóir baint na páirt bheith ag duine le facebook mar níl ann ach daoine ag cur síos ar an bhéile dheireanach a bhí acu. Tuigeann siad go bhfuil tábhacht éigin le twitter mar tá sé chomh coitianta sin agus tugann eagraíochtaí agus daoine mór le ráitis fríd twitter …
