Belfast

The current undisputed champion of pop music, Charli Aitchison, aka Charli xcx, is set for a pair of Irish gigs next year.  Dominating the worlds of music, fashion, graphic design, popular culture and even political discussion in 2024, the hyper-pop hitmaker is riding the crest of a wave, following the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. People from Belfast proved most able to detect someone faking their accent, while…

RTE star Miriam O'Callaghan has shared a heart-warming snap with her mum before the pair headed off on a trip together. The popular presenter has six kids of her own - three of which with current husband, Steve Carson. 2 Miriam was going on a road trip with her 96-year-old…

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller  (UK). Belfast is a city best known for its grand Victorian and Edwardian architecture, edgy street art and home-grown musical talent, ranging from Ruby Murray to Van Morrison. A day here often involves plenty of market mooching, wandering along the Maritime Mile and…

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that Belfast is “reinventing itself” after the end of decades of conflict. The former US presidential candidate was speaking at the final day of the Global Innovation Summit 2024 at Queen’s University Belfast. The conference will be held at the University…

Prince William made the trip to Belfast today for a one-day visit to Northern Ireland where he tried out cutting special effects at a video production training centre Video Loading Video Unavailable Prince William tries out motorbike in state of the art visual studio Prince William took a motorbike for…

The Prince of Wales couldn't resist jumping back on a motorbike, albeit a stationary one, as he visited Northern Ireland on Thursday. He tested out the special effects in the Virtual Production Studio at Ulster University's Belfast City Campus, appearing to ride the bike through the Arizona desert. Watch below……

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller  (UK). “I remember this area in the 1970s, it was a riot — quite literally, at times,” says Dolores Vischer as we stroll along Bedford Street in Belfast’s Linen Quarter, on the southern edge of the city centre. “I say literally because I…

The SSE Arena, Belfast, is a beacon of success, a venue that has delivered sensible, simple innovation consistently since it first opened in 2000. With a focus on fan experience, delivering an atmosphere that engages and entertains, Northern Ireland’s biggest live events venue has gone from strength to strength with…

Red, white and blue bunting flutters in the breeze; around the corner, a man sweeps glass and debris from the street outside his burnt-out supermarket. This is Sandy Row, a working-class, staunchly loyalist part of south Belfast near the city centre, which was traditionally a UDA stronghold and where the…