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  • Romancing Ireland

    Paul Clements' biography of Richard Hayward reveals a forgotten renaissance man

  • Lifelines and Deadlines

    Veteran satirical cartoonist Ian Knox takes Northern Ireland's politicians to task in the Crescent Arts Centre

  • Root

    Multimedia artist Anushiya Sundaralingam uses the Sri Lankan banyan tree as a metaphor for the human experience

  • Between the Words

    Colin Davidson's series of artist portraits go on display in the Naughton Gallery at Queen's

  • Belfast Hills

    Catherine McWilliams shows the romance and reality of Cave Hill and Black Mountain at the Gerard Dillon Gallery

  • Decade of Centenaries

    Belfast City Council explore the role of women in the city's evolution to mark International Women's Day. View the full Spring Programme of events

  • Free Derry Protest and Resistance

    Adrian Kerr's history of protest and resistance in the maiden city 'is a valuable addition to the Troubles canon'

  • Plath – A 50 Year Retrospective

    Academics commemorate the life and work of prolific writer and poet Sylvia Plath

  • The Loughsiders

    Shan Bullock's 1924 novel is republished by Turnpike Books, but is Bullock really 'the Thomas Hardy of Fermanagh'?

  • A Twisted Root

    Patricia Craig delves into her mixed Irish ancestry to discover Republican activists and the founder of the Orange Order

  • An Imaginary Circus

    Ben Maier invites the audience to play forests, flowers and fanciful girls as the Literary Lunchtimes series continues

  • Dídean/Home

    The homeless seek shelter, warmth and nourishment 'as the guts of the anonymous city rot' around them in Eoin Mac Lochlainn's latest exhibition

  • Changing Times

    Peter Smyth fails to confront the political inequalities that characterised our wee country during the 1950s

  • Belfast The Emerging City

    15 academics explain the city's rise to industrial prominence, but author Glenn Patterson's contribution wins out

  • The Light of Other Days

    Jim Maginn's compendium of traditional and folk musicians 'captures the dignity of those who still make music'

  • Bridget Ryan

    The Connemara-born artist paints the Irish hinterland in stunning shades of every colour. John Gray is suitably impressed
  • Divis Flats

    Divis Flats 1982

    Judah Passow's powerful images of Divis Flats still pack a 'gut-punch' a decade after they were demolished

  • Winston Returns to Paradise

    In 1912 'Belfast confetti' reigned down on Churchill here to argue for Home Rule. This 2012 commemoration is more civilised

  • The Death and Life of the Shankill

    Watercolourist Stephen Shaw is 'a forensic chronicler' of Belfast

  • Blind Elephant Collective

    The elephant in the room is the lack of profundity in these illustrated responses to famous quotations

  • 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

  • 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

    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
  • 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
  • Easter pic

    Easter Celebrations

    John Gray on the evolution of Easter holiday rituals in Northern Ireland

  • Belfast City Hall an Architectural History

    A triumph of content over criticism for reviewer John Gray

  • Substance

    John Gray delves into artist Andre Stitt's troubled back catalogue

  • If Trees Could Talk

    Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history

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