We are living through a golden age of nonsense. Not in our music, or our fashion, or even our politics (though it tries). No, ...

Fr. William/Conswater is an Anglican Priest in England, but was born and educated in Belfast. In April (28th) of this year ...

The Department for Infrastructure produced their Bicycle Strategy 10 years ago. It promised a revolution in transport. It’s ...

From today’s Irish News: ‌Professor Peter Shirlow, the Director at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies told The Irish News that the one form of hate is now being replaced with ...

In today’s BelTel, Suzanne Breen has an exclusive that DUP local councillors are not happy campers. From the article: DUP councillors are at loggerheads with the leadership whom they accuse of ...

Eliza McKEE, Caoili O'DOHERTY, Kate MANNING, Sam McBRIDE, Nicholas COLE, and Ruth MURRAY. Using Archives for Reconciliation: A Dialogue. Event hosted by Quill Project ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

In 2023, satellite imagery confirmed what communities around Lough Neagh had long feared: the largest freshwater lake in these islands was being slowly choked by blue-green algae blooms. The cause?

Brian Wilson, the visionary genius behind The Beach Boys, has passed away at the age of 82, leaving behind an unparalleled legacy of harmony, heartbreak, and sun-soaked Americana that reshaped the ...

Ballymena is my home town. I left it as a small child when my parents took me to London, and I have lived for most of the past 50 years in Dublin. But, for better or worse, it still has a special ...

“Confused? You won’t be, after this week’s episode of … Soap.” – Opening lines from the 1980s comedy series, Soap Years ago I heard a journalist friend tell an audience in London how political ...

In Northern Ireland I believe we are normalising and becoming worryingly desensitised to the insidious and persistent existence of paramilitaries on our streets, in our communities and in our cities.