IT’S not often that I read a book twice. Twenty-five years ago Danny Morrison’s first novel West Belfast was published, but it’s been out of print for several years and as a result Danny has decided to re-release it. That, however, meant editing the book and it was during this process that he says he […]
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Book Review: West Belfast is well worth revisit 25 years on
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Carmel puts away the chalk after 37 St Louise’s years
AS pupils and teachers prepare for the summer break, a local head is clearing her desk for the final time after 37 years. As St Louise’s Principal Carmel McCartan tidied up her office on Monday morning, packing away the many gifts she has received in recent weeks, I arrived for a chat about her career […]
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Bare your soles
As someone who sees running as only to be used in life or death situations, it’s with no little bemusement that I look upon the spandex clad army of joggers pounding the streets of North Belfast with scrunched up faces getting whipped to death by the February wind. It’s not that I haven’t tried, even […]
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Serious matter of having your cake and eating it
“In France food is very very serious. You can mess about with everything expect food.” As a motto it’s a pretty good one, especially if you are in the restaurant business, and French of course. Abel Mehablia is both, and he is probably North Belfast’s best kept culinary secret. The proprietor of La Table ‘Pastry […]
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Irish Army patrolling West Belfast
A West Belfast man has acquired a vehicle that has literally been thorough the wars. This Nissan Patrol 4×4 is the latest addition to Jim Smith’s impressive fleet of military vehicles and is the only one of its kind left. The Dunmurry man, Chairman of the Military Vehicle Club Ireland, an all island club with […]
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Full-on drama on banks of the Half-Moon
THE latest offering from the prolific pen of Lenadoon playwright Pearse Elliott, ‘Man in the Moon’, is set to have its world premiere “in its spiritual home” of West Belfast next week. Debuting at the Roddy’s for two nights next Friday and Saturday before transferring to the Grand Opera House, the one-man show starring local […]
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