From 1901 to 2006
An interesting reprise of the 1901 Tram ride through Belfast with a 2006 update, which irons out some puzzling detail from the first time out.
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Spare us a phoney row about racism, we’ve got enough on
A silly media row about racism just had to figure in the riots’ post mortem. Was the Tudor history expert David Starkey racist on Newsnight when he said: The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion. And black and white, boy and girl, operate in [...] read our review »
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Titanic: was it all right when it left here?
Not according to metallurgists Tim Foecke and Jennifer Hooper McCarty whose research has suggested that dodgy Harland and Wolff rivets were at fault for allowing the Titanic’s hull to be ripped apart by the pressure of the iceberg impact. With six of the hull’s chambers exposed to the Atlantic waters, the “unsinkable” ship lasted less [...] read our review »
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Propaganda of Peace: Media and culture during the peace process
Extract from Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker: The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Bristol: Intellect Books. 2010. Political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new executive in May 2007, closing yet another chapter in [...] read our review »
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Anyone see that programme last night on BBC1 about the future development of Belfast shipyard. The whole scheme of the Titanic Quarter looks architecturally impressive with a number of signature buildings. However, Glen Patterson who present the programme was a bit dour and pessimistic about the whole scheme.
No, I don’t think he was being dour and pessimistic. He was just saying: “Houl on a wee minute, let’s not lose the run of ourselves with all this hype” He was hoping that it would all come out right, but throwing up a few questions.
So too, I felt, was the lady (development officer, was she?) from Belfast City Council,which has no control over planning under the present set-up. She was saying: “Great, but I hope they get this right”
I think it was a programme, made in-house at the BBC NI, which was designed to start a debate. Glenn Patterson made clear his love of Belfast, I thought, but remembered that one of the other big ideas to emanate at the Queen’s Island, hit an iceberg.