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The man with the plan in an emergency

Belfast has seen several emergencies in recent months, from the water crisis in the winter to a double decker bus crash in the summer.

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Hear the Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life

A South Belfast actress will perform a lead role in a unique play taking place next week that will see the audience play a major part in the production.

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Attempt to bring 1971 team back together

A photograph recently discovered in a local house has led one Newtownabbey man to embark on a quest to find where the players in his renowned school football team are now.Danny McLoughlin played left-back for the Stella Maris Primary School team in 1971, a year the school made history by having its first and second teams defeat all comers before competing against each other for the Newtownabbey Schools’ Cup.

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Belfast’s spooky history

AS October brings an early dusk to the streets of Belfast, the narrow alleys and wynds that intersect the city centre take on a dark hue, and come alive with the bloody tales of the tortured undead, ghoulish bodysnatchers, and murderous butchery.

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Talking of God and Waiting for Godot

Like many of the world’s most celebrated writers countless name-droppers have claimed to have known Samuel Beckett personally.

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Talking of God and Waiting for Godot

Like many of the world’s most celebrated writers, countless name-droppers have claimed to have known Samuel Beckett personally.But for one of the celebrated Irish playwright’s closest friends – in Belfast next week delivering a lecture on Beckett – late-night conversations over a game of chess and dinners in dark Paris cafés truly were a regular occurrence

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