Alan in Belfast
Blog URL http://alaninbelfast.blogspot.com
Located Belfast, County Antrim United Kingdom
Tags cinema, arts, books, media, technology, Belfast, Northern Ireland, religion, politics
An irregular set of postings, weaving an intricate pattern around a diverse set of subjects. Comment on cinema, books, technology, and the occasional rant about life. Alan ... in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Latest Blog Posts
- How is the Fermanagh flooding being reported locally? on Nov 20, 2009 in technology weather media
In the week that Fermanagh seems to have disappeared underwater after a month of rain, I flicked across to Fermanagh.tv to see what the region’s local video portal was saying about the flooding.Surprisingly, nothing obvious.
- Blogtalk 5 - the "What will we do to destroy it?" episode on Nov 19, 2009 in video blog travel media politics
Yours truly joined the sofa for this week’s Blog Talk alongside Brian, Chris and Donal. (ABCD again!) The fifth episode comes in at 32 minutes long - a mere fraction of some previous episodes - and not a single mention of Twitter!We covered a wide...
- Stretching bojos, life expectancy and Civil Service Back Pay discussed at the Executive ... a night at the last Assembly Roadshow on Nov 19, 2009 in Belfast politics
The first attempt at holding an Assembly Roadshow in East Belfast had about fifty in the audience facing Dawn Purvis, the sole MLA to turn up as the remainder of the panel stayed “up on the hill” debating the enabling Justice Bill long into the w...
- The Balls on the Falls - delay to "Rise" sculpture on Broadway roundabout on Nov 18, 2009 in Belfast public art
As part of the Westlink road works, Broadway roundabout was to get a 45m tall flower erected in the middle of it. Ed Carpenter won a Belfast City Council-led commissioning competition with his expression of a post-troubles city.“Trillian rises over...
- Talking in the East (part 3) // PUP // Dawn Purvis on Nov 17, 2009 in video Belfast politics
For the third in this series of interviews, I talked to Dawn Purvis, MLA for East Belfast and leader of the Progressive Unionist Party in her Stormont Office on Wednesday 11 November. Read on to discover her views on East Belfast, her party and its p...
- Ulster Museum, Sean Scully, Takabuti and first impressions on Nov 14, 2009 in Belfast weekend
This afternoon Littl'un took me on a tour of the recently reopened Ulster Museum. Already she's become a frequent visitor and has her favourite corners to visit.It's a bit like IKEA without the soft furnishings: white walls and a maze-like flow throu...
- Holy smoke! Fire at Union Theological College on Nov 14, 2009 in Belfast religion
With only four weeks until the completion of the building work, this morning's fires at Union Theological College must be a real blow to their plans to expand the training they offer. UTC is the main training facility for Presbyterian ministers, but...
