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The writer and comedian helps to revolutionise book publishing by launching his autobiography live from the Royal Festival Hall, writes Andrew Johnston
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A 'large scale retrospective' of work by Derry artist Locky Morris leaves John Gray wanting more
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Stuart Neville is back, as gritty as ever, writes Joanne Savage
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Police and thieves in the streets, but the kids aren't so bad, discovers Joe Nawaz
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Joe Nawaz undertakes some gratuitous religious profiling
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It starts with a body, a missing boy and a vigilante group. After that, Brian McGilloway's new novel really starts to pick up
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One-man production of Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece brilliantly discombobulates, writes Joanne Savage
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Zombie pick 'n' mix at QFT, but Andrew Johnston asks if there is any unlife left in the genre
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Pretty boy pop prince comes to Belfast, sans Jay Z
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Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history
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David Lewis thinks Owen McCafferty's latest play a 'perfectly formed, mini-masterpiece'
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Channel 4 drama explores Mo Mowlam's battle against illness and Northern Ireland's 'dour' politicians. Fionola MeredIth attends a special preview screening at the QFT
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John Connolly's Gates of Hell are about to open - mind the gap
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Joanne Savage on the deftness of John Sherlock and the daftness of Sean Scully
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Garbhan Downey enjoys The Boys of St Columb's and Hush-A-Bye Baby
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Philip Hammond attends a lunchtime recital at the Ulster Hall
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Garbhan Downey is unimpressed by skull-smashing in Strabane
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One of the Belfast Festival's most talked about productions
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The Lyric's temporary home at the Elmwood Hall is a fitting setting for Martin McDonagh's bleak, brilliant play
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A memoir of sex, drink and journalism in 1970s' Dublin
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Redmond Entwistle's Belfast exhibition contrasts a gritty past with the glossy aspirations of an imagined future. But which is closer to the truth?
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Martin Lynch and Charabanc Theatre Company take a trip down memory lane
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Kabosh’s play in a taxi graduates from the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival to Feile An Phobail
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They come from Derry, they're headed for the stars
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Soaringly beautiful yet surprisingly grounded, Antony Hegarty and co light up the Waterfront
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Tasmin Little and John Lenehen buff up the gilding
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A wildly entertaining, stream-of-consciousness trek through the mind of a maverick
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Fionola Meredith reviews Carol Moore's cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed stageplay
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Liam Neeson returns home to star alongside Jimmy Nesbitt in the best of the current crop of Troubles-related films
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Tyrone funny man goes Out To Lunch
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The Oscar nominated animation is brought to life by the Ulster Orchestra
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Irish-American comic has a dig at Newry, northern accents and the UDA
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The Modfather keeps his legions happy at the Odyssey Arena
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Italian maestro opens the 2008 Belfast Festival at Queen's with a bang
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Glenn Patterson memoir delves into a history of violence in Lisburn
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Ulster Orchestra opens its new season with a fantastique voyage at the Waterfront Hall
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David Lewis watches sparks fly in the Irish premiere of Abbie Spallen's controversial play
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Jose Padilha’s controversial tale of drugs and corruption blurs the line between cops and crooks in Rio's violent favelas
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David Lewis dives into Big Telly's latest aquatic adventure
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David Lewis sees a masterly playwright at work in the Parker Project. Click Play Audio to hear the Parker Project Podcast