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Charles Dickens in Belfast
In the author's bicentenary year, John Gray looks back on his visits to Ireland -
The Plantation of Ulster
Jonathan Bardon's history marks the 400th anniversary, but it's far from opportunistic -
Inishlacken Project
20 artists decamp to Inishlacken island, where Gerard Dillon produced some of his greatest works -
PODCAST: Children of the Revolution
John Gray talks with author Bill Rolston about interviewing the children of paramilitary combatants -
Tears in Rain
The latest installment in the Golden Thread Gallery's Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art series -
Eagle's Wings
'A unique and definitive history' of Ulster-Scots, Scotch-Irish and Presbyterians in Northern Ireland -
By the Banks of the Lagan
Ben Simon's collection of oral histories of the Lagan conjures up rural idylls and model asylums -
Sandy Row 1974
Photographer Bill Kirk documents the minutae of working-class life in south Belfast -
Charles Lanyon's Belfast
The architect and civil engineer who built many of Belfast's architectural highlights -
Art Deco Belfast
The art deco style is prevalent, but many examples are falling into decay -
Red Barn Gallery
A group exhibition by known and unknown photographers -
Belfast Architecture
City Hall and the surrounding buildings in Donegal Square have lots to appreciate -
The Pencil of Nature
'A reaffirmation of the power of black and white photography' -
Belfast Shipbuilders
An admirable exploration of Belfast's engineering heyday -
Belfast Blitz
A 'well organized and accessible' compendium of eyewitness accounts by Stephen Douds -
Belfast Blitz Anniversary Exhibitions
Watch an online exhibition from the Linen Hall Library and see the panels at City Hall through the eyes of social historian, John Gray -
Bill Kirk - A Retrospective
One of Belfast's most talented photographers celebrated in a new exhibition at the Red Barn Gallery -
Should We Celebrate Contentious Anniversaries?
A conference entitled 'Remembering the Future' poses the question to historians, journalists and politicians -
The Art of Preserving Paper
Silverfish, book lice and red rot: discover how best to conserve your paper archive for future generations -
Take Three Girls
John Gray discovers new writing from Tara West, Lesley Richardson and Tanya Ravenswater at Finaghy Library