Ardoyne singer Jim Sherrie was taking a break and enjoying a bit of fresh air. Tony Strong was also outside enjoying a smoke from his crooked pipe (he’s a devoted pipe smoker as well as being an authority on ballad singing). Earlier he had commented on Sherrie’s singing style. In particular he was impressed […]
Archive | November, 2016
Kevin Barry was just a lad of eighteen summers
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Why Halloween doesn’t smell like it did
IT’S all pumpkins these days, isn’t it? Pumpkins piled on top of each other on bales of hay at the front door; pumpkins artfully placed in shop window displays; candlelit pumpkins carved intricately and gruesomely. Squinter’s old enough to remember when nobody knew what a pumpkin was. Or perhaps the odd swot might have […]
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Wedding bells at the conference
WHY did Colum Eastwood, leader of the SDLP, go to the Ulster Unionist Party’s conference last Saturday? “To show that he is well disposed towards the UUP” you might say. Mmm. But wouldn’t the UUP already know that? After all, they’ve been “working” in the same building on a daily basis, so it’d be […]
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Darren’s cross an inspiration
I WORK in the field of ‘legacy’. That has meant engaging with the effects of negative and pernicious policies of death and destruction in the context of conflict. While we sometimes appreciate the incredible resilience of those affected by our conflict and the enormous contribution they make to our society, the concept of legacy […]
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North Belfast history talks focus on partition
A series of talks on the partition of Ireland and its lasting impact on the island kicked off this week at the Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts. ‘Towards a Divided Island’ has been organised by the 174 Trust the Duncairn with five eminent historians lined up to cover different aspects of the post-WWI and […]
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Mater maternity bypassed by GPs in favour of the RVH
A lack of referrals by GPs to the Mater Hospital maternity service is piling pressure on the Royal Victoria Hospital and forcing the redeployment of staff to West Belfast, the North Belfast News can reveal. According to a senior midwife with the Belfast Trust, some GPs don’t even know the Mater midwife-led unit – one […]
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