In Focus: Laura Spence
Laura Spence is an enthusiastic and passionate local historian and blue badge tour guide, with a keen understanding and interest in Ulster-Scots heritage and the works of Robert Burns.
View ArticleNovel Ideas: Olivia Rana
Olivia Rana talks about there novel, Elastic Girl, the story of Muthu, whose harsh life also shines a light on how the human sprit can survive so much suffering.
View ArticleFootball Express: 12-3-18
Stephen Looney and guests discuss the world of local and international football. With Mark McIntosh and Matthew Tipton.
View ArticleBanterflix Series 9 Episode 4
Banterflix movie review show with host Jim McClean and guests Therese Rea and Gerard Torbitt.
View ArticleWitness
Between 1969 and 1998 an estimated 3,700 people lost their lives as a result of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Many individuals where left injured and suffered trauma as a result of their...
View ArticlesmART: Screen Printing
Short films made at the Northern Visions participative workshops with youth groups. This week young people from Black Mountain Action Group explore the creative possibilities of screen printing.
View ArticleThe Great Light
The journey of one of the world’s rarest lighthouse optics from its former home on Mew Island to its recreation as one of Belfast’s iconic monuments.
View ArticleFocal Point Extra Thursday 22 March 2018
Sexism in Schools. Local news. Representatives from the National Education Union discuss the recently published report on sexism in schools, “It’s Just Everywhere”. Read the report at...
View ArticleBanterflix Series 9 Episode 5
Jim McClean and guests Margaret McGoldrick and Neil Sedgewick look at the new Tomb Raider film starring Alicia Vikander, Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Unsane, and discuss the upcoming Belfast Film...
View ArticlesmART: Traditional Woodwork
Short films made at the Northern Visions participative workshops with youth groups. This week young men from Artillery Youth Club are tasked with making traditional furniture without electricity.
View ArticleEarth Matters: Asad Rehman
Niall Bakewell talks to Asad Rehman, Director of War on Want, about ‘sacrifice zones’ – the idea that certain peoples and places are expendable in the name of profit.
View ArticleBehind the Science: Dr David Lawrence
Dr David Lawrence focuses on human enhancement technologies and the ways in which they are likely to affect both society and what it means to be human.
View ArticleFocal Point News: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Travellers’ Accommodation in NI
Focal Point Extra: Discussion on the report Out of Sight, Out of Mind by The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission investigating Travellers’ accommodation. This is the first major report on the...
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