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  • Erebus and Terror

    High Times in Hobart

    John Hagan chronicles the lavish exploits of Banbridge mariner Francis Crozier in Tasmania, prior to his doomed voyage into the Arctic
  • John King

    John King, the Modest Explorer from Moy

    Having grown up in Co. Tyrone during the famine, he later became the sole survivor of a 2000 mile expedition across the Australian outback
  • George Callaghan

    George Callaghan, The Last Minstrel

    Having written his autobiography, the expat painter and musician discusses his style, aversion to religious sloganeering and relationship with the land of his birth
  • Francis Crozier

    Francis Crozier, Arctic Hero

    John Hagan investigates the ill-fated final voyage of the polar explorer, Banbridge's most famous son

  • Disappearing Place Names

    John Hagan considers the decaying of ancient nomenclatures in favour of 'anodyne' modern equivalents

  • The Tradition of Christmas Rhyming

    John Hagan on the dying of an ancient art form, and where we can learn more about it

  • Founding Andante Drums

    Pipe bands around the world use Sam Hodgen-designed drums. We look back at his remarkable story