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Obituary: Brian Moore, 1946 - 2011

The songwriter, cartoonist and playwright who satirised Northern Irish politics

Raise Your Voice in Support of Libraries

John Gray, former librarian of the Linen Hall Library, makes the case for Northern Ireland's beleaguered public libraries

Burns Week Celebrates the Scots Poet

Read a profile of the artist by Burns expert John Gray

The Last Romantic Out of Belfast

Sam Keery's autobiographical novel delves into the constricting world of 1940s Belfast

The Return Room

WR Rodgers' radio play is reissued with illustrations and a recording of the original production

Model Aircraft Exhibition at NI War Memorial

Second World War models commemorate the contribution of Shorts aircraft

Voices from Cave Hill

Learn about the secret history of Cave Hill from the people who lived there

Switch

The shop fronts of Bangor are given new life by a selection of international artists

Through The Mill

The demise of the linen trade captured by 'local' photographer David Cleland

Hidden Belfast

A flawed but elegant companion to worthier volumes, writes John Gray

PROFILE: Tyrone Guthrie

With a commemorative blue plaque recently unveiled at BBC Broadcasting House, John Gray delves deeper into the life and work of the famed theatre director

This Then

A 'large scale retrospective' of work by Derry artist Locky Morris leaves John Gray wanting more

Orangefest

John Gray reflects on the modern day celebration of The Twelfth

The Twelfth of July

John Gray investigates the history of the annual climax to the Ulster Protestant marching season, now rebranded 'Orangefest'

The Mill Worker

John Gray critiques a new sculpture dedicated to the memory of Belfast's forgotten female workers

Hans Sloane

County Down inventor of milk chocolate was the Queen's physician, an early advocate for vaccinations and his collection was the cornerstone of what became the British Museum