Belfast is an exciting place: forget its troubled past; this is a city keen to welcome visitors and fulfil its potential as a vibrant European city. The city centre is a mixture of grandiose architecture, chic shops, bustling markets and stylish restaurants catering for a cosmopolitan capital city. The handy pocket-sized Great Breaks Belfast is packed full of ideas on what to do and see here, including the Titanic Quarter, the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, and the astonishing Giant's Causeway.
Lucy Caldwell, author, was born in Belfast in 1981. She currently divides her time between Belfast and London.
Eleanor's sister Amy disappeared five years ago. Since then, her family have been waiting and wondering what happened to her and where she is. Girl from Mars was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 3rd June 2008.
They say moving house is one of the most stressful things you can do. Well, as far as Dan Starkey's concerned, 'they' can stick it where the sun don't shine because right now helping his wife with the unpacking is the least of his worries...No sooner than Dan has moved into his new Belfast home, his best mate, Mouse, is murdered - leaving him to catch a killer, become Editor of the obscenely successful scandal magazine, "Belfast Confidential", and compile the much-coveted Power List.
The Hidden Famine - Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast
Between 1845 and 1852 Ireland was devastated by the 'Great Hunger' – the most severe famine in modern European history. The view widely held by historians is that the impact of the Famine on the northern province of Ulster, in particular the largely Protestant city of Belfast, was minimal. In the first book on the Famine to focus specifically on Belfast, Christine Kinealy, one of Ireland’s leading historians of the period, and Gerard MacAtasney, challenge this view and offer a new interpretation.
