Prolific New Lodge crime writer Sam Millar is celebrating a double success this week as the release of his new thriller, Past Darkness, coincided with the announcement he would be one of the few western authors to be published across Turkey after signing a new publishing deal. Sam is the North Belfast man whose writing […]
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New Lodge author Millar celebrates double-whammy as his latest crime novel hits the bookshelves
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USA’s oldest teaching week has an impeccable traditional reputation
There’s nothing like a solid week of traditional Irish music to cleanse the soul. I’ve just returned from the small Davis and Elkins College campus in Elkins, West Virginia, where I’ve been enjoying the crack at Augusta Irish Week 2015. Since 1982, which is when Mick Moloney first worked with the Augusta Heritage Centre to […]
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Triumphant UB40 sell-out gig is fitting end to the best Féile yet
It’s over for another year. With 400 events in ten days, this year’s Féile an Phobail ended with a massive sell-out concert by reggae kings UB40 on Sunday night with the Birmingham band belting out hit after hit late into the night. Playing their back catalogue to a bumper Féile audience, the heat was bubbling […]
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Secret history of an extraordinary grandfather
A Belfast man is to fulfill the dying wishes of his father by attempting to turn a family heirloom into a best selling novel. Conor Bradley’s father Charles passed away five years ago at the age of 88 but before he died he handed over to his son an unfinished manuscript written by his own […]
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Féile enters final stretch after hectic week
The flagship West Belfast Talks Back at St Louise’s College and traditional music at Clonard Monastery were just the latest packed venues during what is shaping up to be the best Féile an Phobail to date. With celebrations now well past the halfway point with hundreds of talks, tours and community events having already taken […]
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Exciting work handling history
St Mary’s University College played host for the first Féile History Day as researchers and staff put out the call to “co-create” the festival’s history to date. The initiative, a joint collaboration between Féile staff and Queen’s University, aims to develop the history of the West Belfast festival from its inception back in 1988, with […]
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