Saturday 18 May 2013
A TEAM of Ulster walkers are pulling on their hiking boots this weekend to enjoy one of the province's most spectacular vistas, while helping to raise money to protect and manage it.
Some of Northern Ireland's best modified cars will be on display in Bangor, Co Down, today at this year's Cruise Control event.
Belfast's picturesque Botanic Gardens will be the destination for gardeners and gastronomes alike next weekend, when the fifth annual 'Garden Gourmet' festival takes place.
Short of space? There are 200 acres of breathtaking land, forest and gardens just waiting for you at Lissan House.
SHORT of space? There are 200 acres of breathtaking land, forest and gardens just waiting for you at Lissan House.
The Bling Ring star Emma Watson laughs off playful hearsay she and her cast mates may have pulled off the Chopard jewellery heist that went down in a Cannes hotel room Thursday night.
Beyoncé Knowles is expecting her second child with husband Jay-Z, a source has confirmed.
Nina Dobrev and her former beau Ian Somerhalder reportedly “couldn’t wait” to leave the CW Upfronts event in New York City because The Vampire Diaries co-stars felt awkward in each other’s presence.
Demi Moore and her boyfriend of six months, restaurateur Harry Morton, have reportedly called it quits.
Kelly Rowland is reportedly near to finishing a deal to be a judge on The X Factor USA after leaving the British version.
Justin Bartha from the Hangover Part III popped the question to Lia Smith while on holiday.
Ashton Kutcher has reportedly raised eyebrows with his bachelor-type behavior in Los Angeles.
Justin Bieber will reportedly have to settle a huge bill with the German animal shelter looking after his pet monkey.
Amanda Bynes reportedly has a "better grasp on herself" lately.
The Faulty Towers live theatre dining experience is a largely improvised show. It started from the moment we all arrived at the venue and heard Sybil cry out for husband Basil, who was busy barking orders at hapless waiter Manuel.
It's currently the most talked about restaurant in Ireland, North or South.
People have been writing off Belfast's Botanic Avenue for many years. The street has suffered all sorts of slings and arrows principally because for the last 100 years it has been at the heart of a transient student society.
A new restaurant is due to open in one of Belfast city centre's best-known landmark buildings.
If music be the food of love, play on.
Restaurateur Sam Spain and chef Tony O’Neill’s joint ability to sprinkle magic over restaurants like Il Pirata, Barking Dog and Coppi is a reminder of how important branding is to the sector.
What mystery surrounds the busy kitchens of the Old Inn at Crawfordsburn?
In 1989 Paul and Jeannie Rankin opened the doors to their first Belfast restaurant, Roscoff.
South Belfast is the only civilised part of Northern Ireland, a place of red-brick elegance and Neff kitchen appliances, where the residents dress well and plan their skiing holidays in private.
Chart star George Michael has been airlifted to hospital for treatment to head injuries after a motorway accident - the latest car drama for the troubled singer.
Favourites Denmark could prove a disaster for bookies if they land their predicted win at the Eurovision Song Contest tomorrow night.
Bucks Fizz hit Making Your Mind Up has been named the nation's favourite UK Eurovision song more than three decades after its triumph.
Bradley Cooper has admitted the success of The Hangover completely changed his life.
Uma Thurman will star as a notorious anti-gay activist in new film Anita.
Emily Blunt is in talks to join the star-studded cast of Rob Marshall's upcoming musical Into The Woods.
Scarlett Johansson is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of a Truman Capote novel.
Gerard Butler could be set to star in sci-fi action flick The Raven.
Bruce Willis is set to star in new thriller Expiration.
Legendary record producer Joe Boyd visited Belfast's Black Box on Saturday afternoon to reminisce about the cult singer-songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974.
The MAC has teamed up with Belfast Exposed Photography to launch a joint exhibition ‘Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography’.
The Faulty Towers live theatre dining experience is a largely improvised show. It started from the moment we all arrived at the venue and heard Sybil cry out for husband Basil, who was busy barking orders at hapless waiter Manuel.
They are some of Northern Ireland's best-known landmarks captured as you've never seen before.
The controversy over a foul-mouthed tirade that reduced a female photographer to tears has done little to dent the popularity of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly (71).
The Harbour Commissioners was the setting for stories of dehumanising conflict in a lively talk from Robert Fisk.
Diane Spencer brought tales of "the human experience" last night. "It just happens to be a disgusting one," said the X-rated raconteur, who seems to have 'experienced' mainly heavy drinking and kinky sex.
It's been 30 years since we last saw Billy Martin, the hero of Graham Reid's much feted television trilogy. He left us without warning or forwarding address. And he left a Belfast punctuated with bullets and bomb blasts.
Will Self, Lucy Caldwell, Sean Hughes, Lucy Rose and Gavin Esler. Sounds like a guest list for a great dinner party. But you can enjoy their company without even switching on the oven. They're just some of the cast who'll be educating and entertaining audiences as the year's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival kicks off today.
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