They say a true artist is one that doesn’t create because they can; they create because they must. Rachel Julca is an artist of the latter persuasion. ‘Ever since I can remember I was…
Beyond Skin, Breaking Barriers
Beyond Skin Founder and CEO, Darren Ferguson, has been invited to represent Northern Ireland at this year’s World Music Expo in Budapest in late October; showcasing the achievements of music…
Chatting to Colin Hassard
“I’m a bloody foreigner and you’re a bloody foreigner, therefore let’s accept that we are all bloody foreigners!” Performance poet, Colin Hassard, chats to us…
# 8 Affinity TV – Colin Hassard: Foreign
Northern Irish poet, Colin Hassard, reads his latest poem, Foreign, and speaks to Zoe McGivern about what motivated him to get writing. #IntegrateNI #AffinityTV
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# 7 Affinity TV – Where Human Rights Don’t Reach
Zoe McGivern talks to Nandi Jola about the realities of Domestic Violence and No Recourse to Public Funds in Northern Ireland. We urge you to watch and share this video to affect positive…
Interview with Northern Irish author Pauline Burgess
Pauline Burgess is a school teacher and author, which she says has ‘fed her writing and passion for children’s literature. Having taught many reluctant readers over the years she…
Five Plays Hit Several Nerves – Arrivals 2. Theatre Review
There is power in simplicity this year, for the Northern Irish theatre company, Terra Nova Productions. March saw the opening of Arrivals 2, a set of five short, minimalist plays, tackling big…
Chinese New Year’s a roaring success
Crumlin primary school pupils were treated to dazzling lion dances and daring martial arts as they heralded in the Chinese New Year. St Joseph’s Primary School was joined by the neighbouring…
Not a Conscience Clause, a Discrimination Clausep
Today large crowds gathered across three cities of Northern Ireland to demonstrate against the Private Members’ Bill which has been proposed by Paul Givan, a DUP member of the Northern Ireland…
“Worst fears realised” more die in Med
EU countries should be hanging their heads in shame following reports published on Tuesday morning showing that as many as 300 migrants are believed to have died in the Mediterranean off the…
Oz Tralia Day, Multiple Meanings
The 26th January is Australia Day, which commemorates Captain Cook’s arrival to the southern lands, with 11 ships; and the first flying of the British Flag in Sydney Cove. It is a day that,…
A New Resolution To Keep
After reading Frances Burscough’s column, ‘We all have the chance to help the homeless’ in the Belfast telegraph it got me thinking. Last year she, like many, made a list of New Years…