A Moment in Time: Seamus Heaney interview
From the archives, an interview with Seamus Heaney about his work in Ballymurphy, west Belfast.
McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Loss of Innocence
Relatives of those who were killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar bombing talk of that night and its aftermath. On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), exploded a bomb at McGurk’s Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen civilians and wounding seventeen more. It was […]
In Focus: Seamus Heaney
Noel Russell and Chris Agee in conversation on Seamus Heaney.
Collapse the Box: Gerard ‘Mo Chara’ Kelly – A Larger Canvas
Gerard ‘Mo Chara’ Kelly talks about his life and work as an artist, muralist and propagandist. Collapse the Box is an arts series on NVTV, Belfast’s local public service television station.
Collapse The Box: Conrad Atkinson
The work of the artist, Conrad Atkinson. Conrad Atkinson was born in Cumbria in 1940. He has received international recognition for his innovative art. Lawrence Rinder, Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, observed “It is the forging together of conceptualism and activism to art practice that distinguishes Atkinson’s work and makes it such […]
Alan in Belfast: Interview with John Kyle
The blogger and commentator Alan Meban interviews Councillor John Kyle about this life, experiences and views.
Injured
The Wave Trauma Centre, with financial assistance provided by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, commissioned a study and documentary in order to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of those injured as a result of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The study was commissioned from the University of Surrey who made contributions […]
Studio Discussion on the Documentary INJURED
Studio Discussion on the film INJURED. The documentary examined: The needs of individuals who were injured in the Troubles and those of their families, particularly their carers who are usually family members; The difficulty of defining injury. A working definition of ‘Life threatening or disfiguring physical injury’ was adopted as the primary inclusion criteria for […]