Curating the conflict: Everyday Objects and the challenge of representing the Troubles Curating the conflict: Everyday Objects and the challenge of representing the Troublesby Allan LEONARD18 March 2026 An online panel discussion hosted by The Peace Museum in Bradford brought together museum professionals, academics, and heritage practitioners to explore how the conflict in and about Northern Ireland has been represented in exhibitions. Chaired by Dr Louise Purbrick of the Royal College of Art, the conversation introduced the museum’s current special exhibition, Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict, developed by Healing Through Remembering (HTR).

Curating the conflict: Everyday Objects and the challenge of representing the Troubles

Curating the conflict: Everyday Objects and the challenge of representing the Troublesby Allan LEONARD18 March 2026 An online panel discussion hosted by The Peace Museum in Bradford brought together museum…

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Navigating fraught legacies with trauma-informed archival practice

Navigating fraught legacies with trauma-informed archival practiceby Allan LEONARD24 February 2026 The Quill Project recently…

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The power of peacebuilding: McAleese’s personal toll and Hume’s enduring call for dialogue The power of peacebuilding: McAleese’s personal toll and Hume’s enduring call for dialogueby Allan LEONARD20 February 2026 The John and Pat Hume Foundation recently hosted a significant gathering at Clonard Monastery to reflect on the enduring legacy of John and Pat Hume in achieving peace and reconciliation in Ireland. Father Ciaran O’Callaghan, Vice-Director of Clonard, welcomed attendees on behalf of the Rector and community, noting the profound connection between the Hume Foundation and the Redemptorists.

The power of peacebuilding: McAleese’s personal toll and Hume’s enduring call for dialogue

The power of peacebuilding: McAleese’s personal toll and Hume’s enduring call for dialogueby Allan LEONARD20 February 2026 The John and Pat Hume Foundation recently hosted a significant gathering at Clonard…

UTMB Arc of Attrition 2026 review Waiting to board the Ryanair flight from Dublin to Newquay, the sight of fellow passengers wearing running trainers and inspecting their phones with the LiveTrail running app, confirmed that I was among a pack travelling to participate in the UTMB Arc of Attrition race. Before leaving the tiny airport at Newquay, I met fellow runner Gerard, who was concerned about how muddy the course would be after several days of heavy rain.

UTMB Arc of Attrition 2026 review

Waiting to board the Ryanair flight from Dublin to Newquay, the sight of fellow passengers wearing running trainers and inspecting their phones with the LiveTrail running app, confirmed that I was among a pack travelling to participate in the UTMB Arc of Attrition…

France is particularly in denial in this regard.

Book review — The Wonder Wheel: Harold Feinstein (Centre de la photographie de Mougins) Book review — The Wonder Wheel: Harold Feinstein (Centre de la photographie de Mougins)by Allan LEONARD28 November 2025 Harold Feinstein (1931–2015) is the most unjustly overlooked master of the post-war “New York school of photography”. A child prodigy whose work was acquired by MoMA at age 19, Feinstein was described by his peers and students as part artist, part guru, and a “

Book review — The Wonder Wheel: Harold Feinstein (Centre de la photographie de Mougins)

Book review — The Wonder Wheel: Harold Feinstein (Centre de la photographie de Mougins)by Allan LEONARD28 November 2025 Harold Feinstein (1931–2015) is the most unjustly overlooked master of the post-war “New…

Review — The Race that Changed Running (Doug MAYER) Review — The Race that Changed Running (Doug MAYER)by Allan LEONARD14 November 2025 Trail runners know about UTMB — Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc — the 100-mile race around the mountain and its cols, covering three countries of France, Italy, and Switzerland. In a 208-page book, The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of UTMB, Doug Mayer sets out to explain the origins of UTMB and how it “brought about a revolution in running that continues to resonate around the globe”.

Review — The Race that Changed Running (Doug MAYER)

Review — The Race that Changed Running (Doug MAYER)by Allan LEONARD14 November 2025 Trail runners know about UTMB — Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc — the 100-mile race around the mountain and its cols, covering three countries of France, Italy, and…

A celebration of music journalism and Belfast’s musical legacy: #booklaunch event for The Song is Nearly Over by Stuart Bailie

My summary article 👉 mrulster.com/2025/11/08/a...

#SoundofBelfastFest #SoundofBelfastFest25 #thesongisnearlyover

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I completed my first trail running race. Learned some truths about terrain, distance, and performance. #running #trailrunning #NorthernIreland

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Preparing for my first race with trail running kit

Just over 40 years ago, I learned how to run competitively by joining a high school cross-country team. To get any sort of hill climbing on the otherwise flat…

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BBC Radio Ulster – Seven Days – America Right Nation BBC Radio Ulster programme, Seven Days, reviews and discusses topic about book, The Right Nation: Why America is Different, written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge. Expert contributions by John Micklethwait and Nick Cohen (The Guardian). Panellists were Fionuala Meredith, Newt Emerson, Brian Ashworth ("an American Christian missionary living in Bangor") and Allan Leonard ("a Democrat voter"). John Micklethwait defined conservatism in America as distinctively different than that in Europe.

BBC Radio Ulster – Seven Days – America Right Nation

BBC Radio Ulster programme, Seven Days, reviews and discusses topic about book, The Right Nation: Why America is Different, written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge. Expert contributions by John Micklethwait and Nick Cohen (The…

OTD 14/08/1968

“The Catholics have been interfering in Ulster affairs since 1641.” —Rev. Ian Paisley, as leader of Free Presbyterian Church, 14/8/1968. The Irish Times, 15/8/1968.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin honours Mallon’s legacy with ‘Shared Home Place’ programme

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 sharedfuture.news/martin-honou...

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #SharedIsland #peacebuilding #reconciliation

How to Set Up a Custom Domain Handle on Bluesky Make your Bluesky profile stand out with a custom domain. Follow our step-by-step guide to set up and verify your unique handle today.

Alternatively, you can do this within Gravatar, which is a Linktree-like service worth investigating for yourself in its own right:

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‘A feasible bite out of a big apple’: outcomes from ARINS/Irish Times North–South surveys 2024

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#NorthernIreland #UnitedIreland

Peace process as ‘a long, slow murmuration’: the Mark Durkan interviews

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 sharedfuture.news/peace-proces...

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding @mrulster.com

Love the image creativity! 📸

Uh-oh 🎅🏻 #CalvinandHobbes

Graphic with text: "In visual narrative storytelling, especially from a journalistic perspective, the most important thing is that each individual image can stand alone, but in their combination, they tell a story." The State of Photojournalism Today. MaryAnne Golon | Lens Culture

Photographers can learn from filmmakers, who work with story boards to aid their visual storytelling. Or at least have this frame of mind when editing a selection of images for a #photobook or photo essay. #photography #photojournalism

Graphic with text: "Some evidence exists that solutions-oriented photos affect audiences differently, as well. (To showcase a solution to climate change, journalists might choose a picture of a wind turbine rather than a forest fire, for example.) Reporting Beyond the Problem.

The importance of imagery in #journalism. From book, Reporting Beyond the Problem: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

My compulsive watching of France 24 news is keeping me well informed and entertained. Macron really doesn't get how much he is despised, especially by the MPs. He stitched up Barnier. Pity the next PM #deadmanwalking

PMQs: Starmer wins as Badenoch bangs on about a petition The prime minister just edged it this week, turning things around after a dull start.

Politico disagrees: "looks a bit like student politics" :-) www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...

Graphic with text: "Visual representation may contribute to memory loops, thus intensifying traumatic memories without offering an escape from these memories. What, then, could a forward-looking perspective look like?" Peace Photography, Frank Möller

A diet of #warphotography may not be good for your health.
#Peace #photography #peacephotography suggests an alternative: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

Folks, let's admire what a proper bicycle lane looks like, ie you can't park a car on it. Maybe someday we'll have these in #NorthernIreland

Verifying a domain for an individual for Bluesky relatively easy; but harder for those with subdomains (like at BelTel). If not already, point your tech people here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...

Good to see them verify their Bluesky account #thewayitsdone

Shared Future News — “Bits and Peaces” celebrate Irish peace movement history “Bits and Peaces” celebrate Irish peace movement history by Naomi HIGGINS 1 December 2021 Innate, the Irish Network for Nonviolent Training and Education, was established on the premise of “the nee…

@sharedfuture.news covered an event Derick participated in: "He ended his talk with his public hope to 'have a civil society and a hopeful society that can have an interdependent society'." sharedfuture.news/bits-and-pea... #sharedfuture

At least folks can verify their own Bluesky accounts with their own domain. I'm hoping more high profile users make use of it.

One for @factcheckni.bsky.social @fullfact.bsky.social #accuracymatters