Belfast

This, coupled with three years in the Lyric Drama School Belfast, has enabled me to trust myself when speaking to large crowds in unfamiliar situations. My leadership skills have equally benefited from my roles as mentor and prefect of my school. I am also completing my Grade 6 piano, my fourth year in the school…

The ideal of being vegetarian has always existed. From the minute as a young child when we find out that the chicken we eat is actually the animal chicken, something registers in our minds, I want to be vegetarian. While most people don’t actually stick with it, there are the people who do with one of them being Jonathon Safran Foer. In his article, “Against Meat”, he explains his lifetime story of his dedication to vegetarianism and the events that took place to help him genuinely become a…

The Titanic “The ship took a sudden dip, and the sea came rolling up, carrying everyone with it. Many were drowned there and then (“Titanic Survivor’s Eyewitness Account”).” Have you ever wondered what really happened to the Titanic? There are numerous theses of the calamitous event, but no one knows what actually transpired. All we know is that the Titanic departed Southampton and had already visited Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading towards New York City, where it…

“Her eyes, they shone like diamonds. I thought her the queen of the land. And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band.” I finished. “Encore!” Someone called, so I smiled and started my voice up again. When I was finished with that number, the room was silent. I turned and saw the most feared man in town. “I’ve never heard Carrickfergus ever sung so sweet.” He commented, and I bowed my head and blushed. I got a job here in Birmingham as a barmaid about a month ago,…

The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA, is a terrorist organization in Northern Ireland conducting an armed campaign to reunite the island of Ireland under an Irish Republic. The Real IRA has conducted some of the most sensational attacks of the conflict in Northern Ireland, including the Omagh bombing in 1998 and a rocket propelled grenade attack on the MI-5 headquarters in England. The Real IRA has also been at the forefront of improvised explosive device technology; utilizing bombs with…

feel pain and stiffness. Narrowing down what exactly what weather conditions affect arthritis and why has been difficult seeing how genetics, diet, amount of exercise all play a role in the symptoms of arthritis. However a study that occurred in Belfast at the Musgrave Park Hospital Department of Rheumatology proved weather does play a factor. Data was collected from 133 people based on symptoms of arthritis like how swollen and tender the joint became when introduced to certain weather factors…

Clive Staples Lewis (C.S. Lewis) was world renowned speaker, author, and christian theologian. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1898. He was not born in the healthiest city. There was inadequate sewer system, shortage of food, and an overcrowded center. There was several types of diseases, such as yellow fever and tuberculosis that cut an average life expectancy in half at the time of his birth. At a young age C.S Lewis announced himself as “Jacksie” and refused to answer to…

What is Sovereignty? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Sovereignty is ‘Supremacy in respect of power, domination, or rank; supreme dominion, authority, or rule.’ So for the UK to have complete Sovereignty, it needs to be able to make decisions and set laws without the restriction or influence of an outside force – which is in this case the European Union. So now that the British Public have voted to leave the Union, where does the power sit? As of this moment, the UK has not invoked…

“Father and son” tells a story about a troubled relationship between a father and his son. The father lives alone with the adult son, as the mother has passed away some years before the period covered by the short story. The story takes place in Belfast, in the period where the religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics where very dramatic. The connection to this historical conflict and the short story is to be seen in the way the son is often going out at night, and how the father is…

from a far land, green as jade, but separated from it’s another half. Her name is Visenya. She is 16 years old, migrated with her parents to Maycomb. Her parent’s names are Robert and Olenna Stark. They originate from the Northern Irish capital, Belfast. The rain slightly stooped and the Starks had arrived at their new home. Thus, Visenya started giving her first impression towards Maycomb. Visenya: “I suppose we shall call this home.” Visenya talking to her father Robert on their first…