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Sophie ClarkeThe Irish News |
ONE of the first lessons I learned when I started working as a journalist is that no two people experience Belfast in quite the same way. Spend enough...
Most mornings I find myself sharing a bus journey to work with visitors arriving in Belfast, suitcase in hand and eager to explore the city. And...
THIS week The Irish News has carried several stories about communities coming together. There was a west Belfast community preparing for its popular...
For better or worse, Belfast is a city filled with symbols. Some are almost universally adored. The Big Fish sits quietly along the banks of the Lagan...
It’s widely acknowledged that most people in Northern Ireland love a good gossip. There are few things as instantly titillating as bumping into...
Like a lot of people during the pandemic, my family bought a dog. Five years later, Ferdy has accidentally become the central decision-maker in almost...
I don’t know about anyone else but every time I open social media lately, I seem to be met with another major life announcement. Engagements....
If you grew up or were a parent in the early 2000s, chances are a trip to Claire’s Accessories was a regular occurrence. Claire’s was a...
THERE was a genuinely lovely news story this week about a man from Co Down sacrificing his personal best at the Boston Marathon to help a fellow...
FROM the wealth of cooking shows on television, Great British Menu has always been my favourite. For those unfamiliar, it’s a high-stakes...
THERE has been a fair amount of discussion this week after some push-back against the idea that men, or society more broadly, should feel any sense of...
I turned 25 this week. It is around this age that people start to ask the same questions: what do you do, who are you with, where do you live? The...
Last week I attended the annual Queen’s University Fashion Society showcase where student designers presented work shaped by identity, place and...
THERE is something oddly revealing about the queues that form whenever a new chain restaurant opens in the north. Over the past year we have watched...
Over the last few days, while taking a somewhat unreliable bus service into Belfast city centre, we have stopped at a set of traffic lights beside a...
One of the best subject lines you can see land in your inbox on a quiet day in the office often begins with two simple words: press trip. It can mean...
Earlier this week I found myself standing inside a building I had walked past hundreds of times without ever really noticing. The Scottish Mutual...
THE Irish Film and Television Academy Awards took place last night, with a good representation of Northern Irish actors among the nominees,...
Earlier this week it was announced that the historic, family-run Ballymena shoe shop McKillens will close its doors after 100 years in business....
THIS weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, the landmark 1985 concert that became a defining moment in the history of humanitarian...
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