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Paul Clements' biography of Richard Hayward reveals a forgotten renaissance man
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Veteran satirical cartoonist Ian Knox takes Northern Ireland's politicians to task in the Crescent Arts Centre
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Multimedia artist Anushiya Sundaralingam uses the Sri Lankan banyan tree as a metaphor for the human experience
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Colin Davidson's series of artist portraits go on display in the Naughton Gallery at Queen's
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Catherine McWilliams shows the romance and reality of Cave Hill and Black Mountain at the Gerard Dillon Gallery
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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
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Adrian Kerr's history of protest and resistance in the maiden city 'is a valuable addition to the Troubles canon'
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Academics commemorate the life and work of prolific writer and poet Sylvia Plath
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Shan Bullock's 1924 novel is republished by Turnpike Books, but is Bullock really 'the Thomas Hardy of Fermanagh'?
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Patricia Craig delves into her mixed Irish ancestry to discover Republican activists and the founder of the Orange Order
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Ben Maier invites the audience to play forests, flowers and fanciful girls as the Literary Lunchtimes series continues
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The homeless seek shelter, warmth and nourishment 'as the guts of the anonymous city rot' around them in Eoin Mac Lochlainn's latest exhibition
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Peter Smyth fails to confront the political inequalities that characterised our wee country during the 1950s
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15 academics explain the city's rise to industrial prominence, but author Glenn Patterson's contribution wins out
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Jim Maginn's compendium of traditional and folk musicians 'captures the dignity of those who still make music'
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The Connemara-born artist paints the Irish hinterland in stunning shades of every colour. John Gray is suitably impressed
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Judah Passow's powerful images of Divis Flats still pack a 'gut-punch' a decade after they were demolished
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In 1912 'Belfast confetti' reigned down on Churchill here to argue for Home Rule. This 2012 commemoration is more civilised
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Watercolourist Stephen Shaw is 'a forensic chronicler' of Belfast
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The elephant in the room is the lack of profundity in these illustrated responses to famous quotations
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Jonathan Bardon's history marks the 400th anniversary, but it's far from opportunistic
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20 artists decamp to Inishlacken island, where Gerard Dillon produced some of his greatest works
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The latest installment in the Golden Thread Gallery's Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art series
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'A unique and definitive history' of Ulster-Scots, Scotch-Irish and Presbyterians in Northern Ireland
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Ben Simon's collection of oral histories of the Lagan conjures up rural idylls and model asylums
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Photographer Bill Kirk documents the minutae of working-class life in south Belfast
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The architect and civil engineer who built many of Belfast's architectural highlights
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The art deco style is prevalent, but many examples are falling into decay
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A group exhibition by known and unknown photographers
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City Hall and the surrounding buildings in Donegal Square have lots to appreciate
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'A reaffirmation of the power of black and white photography'
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An admirable exploration of Belfast's engineering heyday
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A 'well organized and accessible' compendium of eyewitness accounts by Stephen Douds
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One of Belfast's most talented photographers celebrated in a new exhibition at the Red Barn Gallery
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John Gray discovers new writing from Tara West, Lesley Richardson and Tanya Ravenswater at Finaghy Library
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Sam Keery's autobiographical novel delves into the constricting world of 1940s Belfast
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WR Rodgers' radio play is reissued with illustrations and a recording of the original production
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Learn about the secret history of Cave Hill from the people who lived there
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The shop fronts of Bangor are given new life by a selection of international artists
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The demise of the linen trade captured by 'local' photographer David Cleland
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A flawed but elegant companion to worthier volumes, writes John Gray
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A 'large scale retrospective' of work by Derry artist Locky Morris leaves John Gray wanting more
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John Gray critiques a new sculpture dedicated to the memory of Belfast's forgotten female workers
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A triumph of content over criticism for reviewer John Gray
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John Gray delves into artist Andre Stitt's troubled back catalogue
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Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history
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John Gray reviews the latest novel from author Ciaran Carson
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John Gray is moved by Brian Keenan's memoir of his Belfast childhood
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John Gray reviews the second in Patrick Taylor's series of Irish country novels. Watch a video with Taylor below