The late influential British architectural historian Mark Girouard once likened the Ulster Museum to “one of those incomplete Michelangelo statues in which a highly finished torso emerges out of a ...
Councillors have asked an executive department to assume care of a war memorial to help save money. The Knockagh Monument ...
When Germany bombed Belfast as part of the Blitz during World War Two, the massive air raids left more than a thousand people dead. But the authorities were afraid that bombs might not be the only ...
The monument would be at Belfast’s Alexandra Dock, where First World War light cruiser HMS Caroline is moored. A working group is made up of experts including representatives from Belfast ...
"It was after the war and people wanted a release from a home life maybe that was difficult. "There was not a lot of entertainment in Belfast at that time so going to the cinema was a very special ...
From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet ...
Ken Reid, who has died aged 69, was a journalist who in a sense covered Northern Ireland from war to peace while taking ... process in and around the 1998 Belfast Agreement and beyond.
As Adrien Brody’s Oscar-tipped new movie sparks fresh interest in modernist designs, expert Mark Hackett reflects on city’s concrete landmarks — from museums to motorways. The late ...