El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast With the nights already drawing in (sorry about that!), it won’t be long before ...

Need a break from the political noise? This thread is for anything *but* politics — books, hobbies, film recs, you name it. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things ...

Féile an Phobail is Ireland’s Biggest Community Arts Festival. This year, it is back with umpteen events from music to debates. I enjoy the debates and talks at St Mary’s. Yes, they do tend to have a ...

When I was in a bookshop with my son at the weekend, he asked for several books. I explained that no, he could only get one, but when he read it, he could get more. “Buying books and reading books are ...

Andrew McClean is the Northern Ireland Advocacy Lead at Cycling UK All this week, both the media and social media have hailed the huge success of the Open Golf tournament, held in Northern Ireland for ...

True, it’s an Executive dominated by the DUP and Sinn Féin. Yet Alliance is now the third largest party in government, and with that position comes accountability. As the SF/DUP farce continues to ...

Some recent conversations have raised questions about why fewer unionist voices are active in the comments. This article reflects on that and invites everyone to consider what helps make debate more ...

One of the big myths about the evangelical right-wing in the USA is that they were provoked into backing the Republican party by the Roe v Wade case that introduced the right to abortion across the ...

On Saturday, I brought Junior down to the Pride parade in Belfast. If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. It’s quite the sight. It’s often said that nothing ever changes in Northern Ireland. But ...

After listening to the 45 minutes of complaint by Mervyn Gibson on BBC Talkback, I read the Orange Order statement in full and as someone who grew up in a firmly unionist family, attending ...

Today, Wednesday, Sean will be cremated at Roselawn Crematorium. You will not know this as he left strict instructions there would be; no death notices, no mass, no eulogy, no memorial cards. Sean is ...

The Troubles. I remember the darkness. It always seemed to be dark. A combination of winter and broken streetlights. As I have often said, the arc of events in 1971/72 shaped me. Internment, ...