Belfast Exposed has on display an exhibition by Taryn Simon. Entitled Contraband, to view is a sampling of 1,075 photographs … More
Year: 2011
Retaining “our shared Christian ethos” in shared education: DUP conference 2011
Retaining “our shared Christian ethos” in shared education: DUP conference 2011 by Allan LEONARD 26 November 2011 With Northern Ireland’s … More
Accommodating faith and diversity in Northern Ireland
Accommodating faith and diversity in Northern Ireland: @IFNetUK Inter-Faith Week 2011 by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News 21 November … More
Graphic portrayals – Northern Ireland, graphic novels and the peace process
Dr Gordon Gillespie, who is a researcher at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, gave a presentation … More
Barbara Stephenson’s “old friends” reception
It was a pleasure to be among many guests for an after work reception at Ardnavalley, for former US Consul … More
Discussing e-books on BBC Radio Ulster Saturday Magazine
You never know where a blog posting will end up — on the back of my praise for Libraries NI … More
Copeland Island adventure
After many times talking about taking a boat trip to Copeland Island, Madame Oui and I finally got our finger … More
Borrowing e-books from Belfast Central Library
Well, the ability to borrow e-books from any public library in Northern Ireland somehow missed me. I only discovered this … More
FITZGERALD was why I pursued Ireland
What a sad coincidence that Garret FitzGerald should die today, in the midst of the historic visit to Ireland by … More
‘Americans had little experience of terror’ (News Letter)
‘Americans had little experience of terror’ Laura Murphy (News Letter) 7 May 2011 [Laura Murphy interviewed me about the death … More