Review: The Sunflower Public House

In Northern Ireland we have what is known as the 'surrender system', where there have been no new licences granted for bars in many, many moons. That's why publicans need to ...

The Woodworkers

It’s hard to believe that less than ten years ago Lavery’s was struggling. And when a small bar struggles it’s bad enough, but somewhere three stories high, on prime city centre rates struggles...

Jamboree / Rewind In The Park

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AVA Put Belfast At The Centre Of The World's Electronic Music Map

Five week countdown to AVA Festival and Conference with Larry Heard (Live), BICEP, DVS1, KiNK (Live), Rødhåd, Helena Hauff, Denis Sulta, Mall Grab, Saoirse, Or:la, Boiler Room and more ...

REVIEW: Chapter & Verse

The best thing about Michael Anthony – alright, Tony – Wright, the former member of And So I Watch You From Afar and current (at the time of writing) artist-in-residence ...

REVIEW: Joshua Burnside

Bathed in blue light and supremely air-conditioned to directly counter the relative sauna of a very hot and humid Belfast summer, the Empire Music Hall is perfectly set up ...

REVIEW: Knife & Fork Restaurant at Malone Lodge

On Friday evening my son and I were late out of Belfast and decided that we would get something to eat before heading on out home. We were travelling up the Malone Road ...

REVIEW: The Vintage Rooms

The atmosphere in Hillsborough’s first gin house is wonderful. Miriam, my wife, and I could feel the week slip off us as we walked in. Beautifully designed and decorated ...

Film: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

I'm going to get straight to the point – this is the most ridiculous, over-the-top, let's-just-do-it-because-we-can, macho bro-fest I have ever seen. Now, I've not seen a Fast & Furious film since ...

REVIEW: The Favourite

Court is in session in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, a spectacular re-dressing of the period costume drama and savage comedy of manners about people who barely have any ...

REVIEW: Belfast Blues

The best thing about the timeless (an oft-used word, but it really does apply here) Belfast Blues, written and performed by Geraldine Hughes and directed by Carol Kane of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt fame ...

REVIEW: Assembly Required

Assembly Required, directed by Conal Clapper from a script by Jonathan M. Daley, is familiar in plot but distinctively grim, visual and intelligent in nature, the old adage of ...