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Remembering Mark Ashton, in our next LGBT HiSTORY CLUB online with the Linen Hall Library will be on Wednesday 19th May 8pm, a special 'Remembering MARK ASHTON: A birthday tribute' with Jude Copeland Mike Jackson of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners and guests. Links: Wikipedia - Mark Ashton Miners campaigner Gethin Roberts to visit […]
We are delighted that our annual Crescent Arts - Belfast Book Festival is making a welcome return for 2021 and is running from 10 - 13 June with an online programme of live events for book lovers. Covering everything from love and politics to Cinderella as a zombie, this year’s festival covers a wide variety […]
"Project Cleansweep takes its name from a Ministry of Defence report issued in 2011. The report assessed the risk of residual contamination at sites in the United Kingdom used in the manufacture, storage, and disposal of chemical and biological weapons from World War I to the present day. Over 4,000 square kilometres of the landmass was […]
10 September 2021 at 7 pm, master storyteller Dr Richard O'Leary joins the Linenhall Library to explore the hidden #LGBT history in the Linen Hall Library archives as part of #EHOD2021. Dr Richard O'Leeary
Beneficiary feedback is one of the best ways to identify gaps and improve the quality of your programs. But analyzing non-numerical information and opinions gathered through evaluation, situation analysis, and needs assessments can be difficult and time consuming. In this engaging guide, you will learn tips on how to design and conduct a meaningful and […]
Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the highest-paid writer in the world and a star on the Broadway stage. He wrote, directed and acted in some of […]
PERFORMANCE AREA | £6.50 / £5.00 (MEMBERS) QUEER NARRATIVES: LIVED EXPERIENCE, ACTIVISM & CHANGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND - To mark Belfast Pride, we have invited artists and activists from the LGBTQ+ community to explore The Linen Hall’s LGBTQ+ archives. Hilary McCollum, Amanda Verlaque, Heather Fleming, and Mícheál McCann will choose an item from the archive […]
AGENDA Date: Saturday 12th October 2024 Venue: Canada Room, 1st Floor, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast Time: 10am - 1pm Opening Remarks Adam Murray - Lead Organiser Dr. Matt Leebody - Chair of Cara-Friend Dr. Tom Hulme - Reader, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy & Politics at Queen’s University Panel 1 - Where Is Our […]
About Borstal Boy From Wikipedia: Borstal Boy is a 1958 autobiographical book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan, who loses his naïveté over the three years of his sentence to a juvenile borstal, softening his radical Irish republican stance and warming to his British fellow prisoners. From a technical standpoint, the novel is chiefly notable for the art with […]
NIGRA has moved forward and now hosts a communications forum for all gay groups in Northern Ireland to exchange information and ideas. Meetings are held every two months, and if you would like to attend then drop us an email or give us a phone call.