A Century Later: ethnic minorities in northern ireland
The history and impact of British colonialism across the globe and its part in shaping the multicultural society that Northern Ireland is today.
A Century Later: 1994 – the day of the IRA ceasefire
A soldier in the British Army discovers his love for a country that is finding peace after decades of war.
A Century Later: 1999 – the day the women’s movement saved my life
A woman’s fight against depression and how she got her life back through work in a women’s centre.
A Century Later: 2010 – the day I got my MBE
From the Shankill to Buckingham Palace, how a woman overcame tragedies in her life and helped create jobs and a vital community centre for the women of the Shankill Road.
A Century Later: 2003 – the day I became myself
Living a double life and the fight for acceptance and individuality during turbulent changes taking place in Belfast.
A Century Later: 1950 – the day i set sail
A long journey by boat to a foreign land begins one man’s experiences of a bloody war.
A Century Later: 1941 – the day that sent me down under
A man fighting the Japanese in World War Two loses contact with home.
A Century Later: 1945 – the day the war ended
A dangerous job as an armourer in World War Two living on an airbase with constant air raids and the sound of bombs raining down.
A Century Later: 1952 – my first day on the docks
A day on Belfast docks, a place filled with lively characters, back breaking work and casual violence, described in vivid detail by a docker turned author.
The Colin Middleton Centenary
“As a man he was compact, concentrated and charismatic. There was an electric charge when you met him.” Michael Longley. Mo McDevitt talks to decorative landscape painter Colin Middleton’s daughter, Jane Middleton, at Dickon Hall Ltd in the Crescent Arts Centre at a special exhibition celebrating what would have been Colin Middleton’s 100th Birthday. “When […]