Without a vision …

The BBC’s Fergal Keane recently filed a report from South Africa where he recalls how few people, in the closing days of Apartheid, had much hope for the country, most expecting it to be torn apart by a bloody race war. No one imagined that within a decade, South...

The ‘Twelfth’ 2012

In the days after the Twelfth this year a perusal of the different media gave a variety of different perspectives on how it had been. Unionist-leaning websites gave evidence of a happy family day out, in the sun, at Keady, Ballymena and elsewhere. More...

In Conversation With … John Kyle

This season our ‘In Conversation With …’ events are on the theme of faith and politics in Northern Ireland. In the first of the series John Kyle spoke on the theme: Where Faith and Loyalism Collide 17 January 2012 John Kyle is a General Practitioner...

In Conversation With … Derek Poole

On Tuesday 9 February, Derek Poole discussed “For God and Ulster: The Future of Loyalism”. Derek Poole is Director of LINC (Local Initiative for Needy Communities) and works in conflict transformation and capacity-building initiatives in North Belfast,...