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Exploring the ideas and shared interests that shape Northern Irish life beyond politics, including through sport, music, careers, fitness and art

“Hands Across the Divide”: A signpost for healing?

Amy StarrittMay 19, 2021

Northern Ireland is well known as a place divided, with deeply rooted religious and political divisions and a long history of civil unrest perforating our comm... Read More...

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Organ Donation in Northern Ireland: We Need a New System to Help Save Lives

Northern Slant GuestMay 15, 2021

Aimee Duncan is an organ donation advocate and British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland volunteer. In this article, Aimee writes home from Nottingham, where s... Read More...

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State of the Arts: In Conversation with Jan Carson

Jenny McCulloughMay 12, 2021

Writer and community arts facilitator Jan Carson spoke to Northern Slant about everything from the recent spate of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland ... Read More...

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Anything the men can do…

Jason SimeApril 15, 2021

Northern Ireland’s women’s football team has achieved the incredible feat of qualifying for the 2022 European Championships. Manager Kenny Shiels described his... Read More...

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Sustainability and the centenary: Reframing the next 100 years

Ben McAteerApril 14, 2021

As the second instalment of Northern Slant’s Eco Centenary series, this article examines how the way we discuss the environmental breakdown happening around us... Read More...

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Documenting natural connections through photography

Allan LEONARDApril 12, 2021

Melanie Law, who has just joined the Eve Blair Show on BBC Radio Ulster, interviewed Christopher Barr and me for her inaugural feature (at 26:00). The discussi... Read More...

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