Claiming to be disinterested in the hype surrounding the Titanic does a good job of both alienating people from those who feel creating such business models of a disaster are a good way to remember those whose lives were lost, and an history industry, and bringing together those who are fed up seeing it on [...]

What a silly name: Titanic Super Special Stage. Alas, it is the name given to the event which took place yesterday as part of the Circuit of Ireland Rally. Loud, fast and adrenaline fuelled it was a brilliant event to watch against the perfect backdrop of the Harland and Wolff cranes. One of a number [...]

Yesterday Belfast City Council, along with ArtsEkta celebrated Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, in the Kings Hall, with dancers, music, food & drink (non-alcoholic) and of course paint and plenty of colour. Originally, Holi was a mark of the arrival of spring; colours and liveliness are commemorated by generally letting lose in [...]

It’s something that comes up almost every year: the threat of local arts festivals losing their vital funding. This year is clearly no different from any other. Many small organisations who receive a percentage of their funding through the DSD Laganside Events Grant have had this cut, and the result will have a knock-on effect [...]

At least the Belfast City Council know which buildings they don’t own…

Everyone has a favourite Christmas movie, right? This December Queens Film Theatre and Jameson Whiskey are going to show one of three classic Christmas movies: Die Hard (1988) Elf (2003) or National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) The choice is pretty easy, right? Die Hard for sure! Certainly my choice in this case. Elf is just [...]

Celebrity culture: it’s everywhere and it’s very difficult to escape. I realise I sound like my Grandparents, though worse perhaps than my own Grandparents as they don’t understand just how bad celebrity culture is today. And how much it bothers me. I have many issues surrounding idolising those in the spotlight, those with their 15mins [...]

Yesterday at Stormont, Belfast Pride held their ‘Pride on the Hill’ event, in which a panel of politicians spoke about their views and current legislation in Northern Ireland regarding the LGBT community and equality issues.

Last night was the launch of Belfast Pride 2011 in the Europa Hotel in the city centre. Niall Gillespie, Pride Committee Chair and Treasurer, started things off with a brief history of Pride in Belfast, this was followed by the premier of Shay O’Donnell’s winning short film, ‘Closet Full of Lies’, which gives a glimpse [...]

In its 8th year, the Festival of Fools is running for the 5 days from Thurs 28th April until Monday 2nd May. Drawing huge crowds the annual street festival is a lot of fun and great a great atmosphere in Belfast city centre. I hope to catch a bit more of it over the next [...]