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Filmed and edited by Alan Meban as part of Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics. You can watch the video version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RayfzTo7ZB0

1984 runs from Saturday 16 April until Saturday 16 May, a coproduction with Bruiser Theatre Company and the Lyric Theatre. Read the full preview interview at https://sluggerotoole.com/2020/03/11/chatting-to-the-director-of-1984-ahead-of-bruiser-theatres-coproduction-with-lyric-theatre-from-18-april-to-16-may/

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#APNI2020 Full conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2020/03/07/alliance-conference-in-party-mood-despite-leaders-absence-apni2020/

#APNI2020 Full conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2020/03/07/alliance-conference-in-party-mood-despite-leaders-absence-apni2020/

#APNI2020 Full conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2020/03/07/alliance-conference-in-party-mood-despite-leaders-absence-apni2020/

#dup19 Full conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/10/26/dup-conference-subdued-members-reminded-that-ni-has-new-identities-that-need-space-to-grow-and-prosper-dup19/

#dup19 Full conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/10/26/dup-conference-subdued-members-reminded-that-ni-has-new-identities-that-need-space-to-grow-and-prosper-dup19/

Blog post and transcript at https://alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-alternative-play-imagining-that.html

Recorded on the afternoon of Thursday 18 April, before the fatal of shooting of Lyra McKee, Slugger O'Toole's David McCann gathered up Allison Morris (Irish News), Chris Brown (Brown O'Connor) and Alan Meban (yon Alan in Belfast) to dissect five party election broadcasts produced for the #le19 local government elections.(No Green Party NI PEB was available to view online.)Recorded by Alan Meban in the Brown O'Connor offices.

#apni19 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/02/alliance-demands-better-from-parties-politicians-and-the-secretary-of-state-apni19/

#apni19 Blog post and transcript of speeches at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/02/alliance-demands-better-from-parties-politicians-and-the-secretary-of-state-apni19/

#apni19 Blog post and transcript of speeches at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/02/alliance-demands-better-from-parties-politicians-and-the-secretary-of-state-apni19/

#apni19 #apni19 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/02/alliance-demands-better-from-parties-politicians-and-the-secretary-of-state-apni19/

#apni19 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/02/alliance-demands-better-from-parties-politicians-and-the-secretary-of-state-apni19/

#NevinLecture blog post discussing Nevin Economic Research Institute's annual lecture at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/12/13//putting-brexit-in-historical-perspective-nevinlecture

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#dup18 Full DUP conference report at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/24/foster-expresses-deep-regret-for-partys-mistakes-over-rhi-while-boris-imagines-ukni-dystopia-but-fails-to-excite-dup-activists-dup18/

#uup18 Blog post and speech transcript at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/10/20/uup-conference-in-a-battle-to-save-the-union-from-the-dup-speeches-audio-uup18/

#uup18 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/10/20/uup-conference-in-a-battle-to-save-the-union-from-the-dup-speeches-audio-uup18/

#uup18 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/10/20/uup-conference-in-a-battle-to-save-the-union-from-the-dup-speeches-audio-uup18/“I don’t think I’ve seen unionism in such a mess” said Lord Empey as he addressed UUP delegates gathered at Armagh City Hotel in his role as party chairman. He said that November marks 15 years “since the DUP took over the leadership of unionism”.“In that time they’ve turned the unionist majority into a minority; they’ve turned moderate nationalists into republicans. We now have a reputation for incompetence and corrupt government for how can it possibly be that Sinn Féin is able to say that ‘we must have integrity in government’? Can you believe it? But that is where they have brought us … A few weeks ago they [the DUP] were swaggering around Westminster as kingmakers; and now they’ve turned themselves in their own words into ballbreakers.”He added:“We’ve replaced traditional unionism with, it’s like kids released into a sweetie shop, they can’t keep their hands out of the jar”.

#sfaf18 Blog post and transcript of speech at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/16/sfaf18-sinn-fein-vows-to-take-responsibility-in-government-in-south-while-asking-dup-to-do-same-in-north/

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#sfaf18 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/15/sfaf18-michelle-oneill-the-dup-do-not-speak-for-the-majority-of-the-people-of-the-north/

#sfaf18 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/15/sfaf18-michelle-oneill-the-dup-do-not-speak-for-the-majority-of-the-people-of-the-north/

#sfaf18 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/15/sfaf18-michelle-oneill-the-dup-do-not-speak-for-the-majority-of-the-people-of-the-north/

Steve Killelea (founder of Institute for Economics and Peace) speaking about the 2018 Global Peace Index, followed by Q&A with QUB Williem J. Clinton Leadership Institute's Enda Young. Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/14/how-does-northern-ireland-measure-up-to-the-pillars-of-positive-peace-globalpeace18/

Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/14/how-does-northern-ireland-measure-up-to-the-pillars-of-positive-peace-globalpeace18/

Recording of a discussion at offices of Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in Belfast on Tuesday 22 May 2018. Earlier in the evening extracts were read from a selection of plays referred to in Connal Parr's book.  The panel of Gerry Dawe, Katy Radford and Rosemary Jenkinson was chaired by Connal Parr.Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/05/27/soapbox-connal-parr-on-mythmaking-identity-and-ulster-protestant-cultures/

#GreenConf18 Blog post and transcript of speech at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/05/12/green-party-plea-for-clean-politics-and-genuine-power-sharing-while-looking-forward-to-next-years-council-elections-greenconf18/

Marie-Louise Muir in conversation with MLAs Basil McCrea, Naomi Long, Conall McDevitt and Barry McElduff.

National Museums NI's Kathryn Thomson and William Blair discussing the revamped The Troubles and Beyond gallery in Ulster Museum that launches on Good Friday, 30 March 2018. Blog post and pictures at  https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/03/29/the-troubles-and-beyond-ulster-museum-revamps-gallery/

Kellie Armstrong MLA chairing the #AP2018 discussion with Emma Butler (Integrated Alumni), Cllr Andrew Muir (Ards & North Down council) and Richard Kirk (Institute of Civil Engineers).Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/03/24/low-key-alliance-conference-warns-fear-and-mistrust-limit-us-to-living-smaller-lives-ap2018/

#AP2018 Blog post at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/03/24/low-key-alliance-conference-warns-fear-and-mistrust-limit-us-to-living-smaller-lives-ap2018/

#AP2018 Blog post and transcript of speech at https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/03/24/low-key-alliance-conference-warns-fear-and-mistrust-limit-us-to-living-smaller-lives-ap2018/