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NI War Memorial Exhibition
Remembering Northern Ireland's role in the second world war at the Cathedral Quarter museum in Belfast -
Cave Hill Diamond
John Gray discovers a unique treasure sparkling at Belfast's Linen Hall Library -
Orangefest
Belfast's Twelfth celebrations get a radical overhaul -
The Lambeg Drum
Lambeg drum maker Richard Sterritt talks goat skins, military history and the lost tradition of Catholic drumming. Click Play Audio for a podcast on the process of making a Lambeg drum -
Alf O’Muiri 1914 – 1999
Sportsman, teacher and lover of the Irish language commemorated in new book. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author Eithne McAlinden -
Art & Conflict
The annual ACNI conference examines the role of the arts in divided societies. See below for full and abridged podcast recordings of selected speeches -
Ghostly Sea Shanty Tour
Andrew Johnston has the fright of his life on board the Lagan Boat Company's spooky ship -
Queen Anne House
National Trust recommence excavation of the site and welcome amateur archeologists -
Dunluce School Pupils are ‘On Top of the World’
Giant's Causeway helps Antrim class win plaudits and prizes -
Fighting Irishmen
NYC exhibition comes to the Ulster American Folk Park, featuring McGuigan's boots, McCullough's belt and Donnelly's desiccated arm. Click Play Video for an exclusive look -
Helen Waddell's Secret Garden
Secluded County Down demesne opens its doors to raise money for RSPB -
Ulster Museum Revitalised
A £17.2m facelift ensures the new look museum a bright future. Click Play Video for a video podcast of the new interior -
Titanic - Belfast Connections
Linen Hall Library exhibition packs a Titanic punch. Click Play Video for a podcast with curator, Deborah Douglas -
A Cinderella of the Book World
Top team bring centuries old books back to life at the University of Ulster -
St Malachy's Reopens
One of Belfast’s hidden gems will be rediscovered from this weekend -
United For Peace
CNI joins thousands at Belfast peace vigil -
Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast
Historic book rehits the shelves courtesy of Belfast City Council. Read the introduction below, and click Play Audio for a podcast with heritage officer Robert Heslip -
Rosemary Kelly, OBE
Arts Council of Northern Ireland chairman receives OBE in New Year's Honours List -
Political Christmas Cards
Donated cards from the Linen Hall Library's Northern Ireland Political Collection. Click images to enlarge -
A Submariner's Story
Northern Irish ex-pat Frederick Rodgers recalls a close call aboard Royal Naval submarine Alcide in 1955 -
Ring the Changes on Climate Change
Day of bell-ringing in Belfast to highlight need for action on climate change -
The MAC
Belfast’s own big MAC set to become a unique cultural and public space in the heart of the city. Click Play Video for an online exhibition -
St George's Market
It's survived the Blitz and the Troubles, now everyone's favourite market takes on Primal Scream -
The Road to the Somme
Author Philip Orr considers parallels between the Somme and recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan -
Ian Hill's Lagan Love
Travel writer Ian Hill discusses his new book, My Lagan Love, and the illustrious relatives he discovered along the banks of the famous river -
Charles Landry
Renowned urban thinker imagines a bright, arts-based future for Belfast -
Hidden Connections: Back Toward Slavery
Slave emancipation in the United States -
Hidden Connections: A 'Counterrevolution of Property'
Slave emanicpation in the United States -
Hidden Connections: Land and Labour
Slave emancipation in the United States -
Hidden Connections: "A Revolution Half Accomplished"
Slave emancipation in the United States -
Hidden Connections: Jubilee: from Slaves to Freedpeople
Slave emancipation in the United States -
Troubled Images
The Linen Hall Library's Northern Ireland Political Collection celebrates its 40th anniversary with the return of the Troubled Images exhibition -
Friar's Bush Graveyard
Historian Eamon Phoenix writes a potted history of Belfast's oldest Christian burial site -
By the Shores of Lough Neagh
Brian Cassells introduces his new book that takes a trip along the beautiful, magical waters of Lough Neagh -
Murals of Derry
New collection of mural images shows that the writing on the walls is really changing -
Intrepid Archaeologist Dives Into History
Anne Corscadden Knox seeks underwater answers in the USA -
Jenny Bristow's Great Sunday Lunch
Download two free recipes as the celebrity chef opens a new campaign and competition with Age Concern -
Essay From The Archive: Oscar Wilde in Belfast - part 3
Writing in The Linen Hall Review in 1988, Wesley McCann explores Wilde's visit of 1884 -
Essay From The Archive: Oscar Wilde in Belfast - part 2
Writing in The Linen Hall Review in 1988, Wesley McCann explores Wilde's visit of 1884 -
Essay From the Archive: Oscar Wilde in Belfast
Writing in The Linen Hall Review in 1988, Wesley McCann explores Wilde's visit of 1884 -
When Dinosaurs Ruled in Northern Ireland
The Blueprint Exhibition presents the evidence that says Woolly Mammoths walked in the north -
NI's Winner of the First Victoria Cross
Ian Maxwell remembers Charles Davis Lucas -
Belfast Taxi by Lee Henry
Lee Henry discovers a bygone Belfast with the help of the city's many and varied taxi drivers -
Belleek Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
Jenny Cathcart meets the international collectors addicted to the oldest pottery in Ireland -
RECIPE: Cardamom, plum and fig cake
Jenny Bristow's cardamom, plum and fig cake -
NI's Women Are Moving Mountains
Speaking with Monica McWilliams, Catherine Lynagh looks at landmark ladies -
Commemorating the First World War
Catherine Switzer takes a closer look at Northern Ireland's war memorials -
A Brief History of Crumlin Road Gaol
Take an audio tour of Crumlin Road Gaol and read historian John Quinn's account of the life and times of the old prison -
Hidden Connections: Slavery and the archives at PRONI
Slavery and the archives at PRONI -
Hidden Connections: Catholic Emancipation
The campaign for Catholic emancipation was led by prominent barrister Daniel O'Connell -
Hidden Connections: A Terrible Testimony
The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano became a bestseller in Ireland -
Hidden Connections: The Abolitionist Movement in Ireland
‘May God eternally damn the soul of the man who subscribes the first guinea’ -
Hidden Connections: The Abolitionist Movement
William Wilberforce began his campaign to abolish the slave trade in 1798 -
Hidden Connections: Slavery and Belfast
Belfast's trade with the West Indies was more important than its trade with continental Europe -
Hidden Connections: Sugar
It was inevitable that sugar production and the slave trade should become inextricably linked -
Hidden Connections: North America and the United States
The transatlantic trade and seeds of abolishment -
Hidden Connections: John Newton
Converted to the anti-slavery cause -
Hidden Connections: The Triangle
On average ten per cent of slaves died on the voyage at sea -
Hidden Connections: Slavery and the Rise of the Slave Trade
The discovery of the Americas and creation of colonies bring the need for cheap labour -
Hidden Connections Multimedia
The Hidden Connections Lecture Series and further reading
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