Collapse The Box: RUA 2024 – Helen Merrigan Colfer

Join us as we delve deep and explore the work of award winning artist, Wexford based Sculptor & Arts Educator, Helen Merrigan Colfer, in conversation with Noelle Mc Alinden. Recorded during the 143rd RUA Exhibition at the Ulster Museum. An opportunity to explore what fuels her passion & practice. Together we reflect upon themes & […]
Collapse The Box: RUA 2024 – Claire and Karen Gibson

Noelle McAlinden interviews artists Claire and Karen Gibson at the Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition 2024. Twin sisters, Claire and Karen Gibson have been in business with their own studio ‘Red Earth Designs’ since 2001, producing a range of unique and exciting ceramics with a very distinctive style. Claire and Karen talk about travelling to new […]
Table for Four: My Funny Valentine

Ciaran Doran joins BJ Olsen, Anne Mulholland and Evelyn Stanfield for Valentine card-making and conversation.
The Round Up: Chinese New Year in Belfast

The Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe perform in Belfast’s Grand Central Station in a celebration of Chinese New Year.
The Round Up: Equity calls for more arts investment

The performing arts trade union Equity has organised a campaign calling for more investment in the arts in the next NI Executive budget.
Novel Ideas: Angeline King

Novelist and author Angeline King talks about her new novel ‘The Secret Diary of Stephanie Agnew’ the story of teenager coming of age in the testing terrain of Northern Ireland in 1995.
Dander Through My Life Episode 4: Alicia Dickson Hamilton

David Scott is in the County Down village of Kinallen this week with Alicia Dickson Hamilton, talking about family life, community involvement and an impressive career as a Drum Major spanning 21 years.
Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024: Petra Poncarova

A presentation from the Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024 conference by Petra Poncarova from the University of Glasgow discussing the relationship between the Scots language and radical 20th century Gaelic magazines.
Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024: Alexander Jarvis

A presentation from the Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024 conference. Alexander Jarvis from the University of Glasgow discusses what recent census data can tell us about the Scots language today.
Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024: Hamish Pottinger

A presentation from the Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 2024 conference. Hamish Pottinger discusses the complexities around the positioning of Scots as a language.