Poetry review: Plastic by Matthew Rice – a thing of beauty blossoms amidst the grimness of factory life - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Plastic, one of the banes of my existence, is a substance I have loathed for as long as I can remember first encountering it. This makes it all the more remarkable th...

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Film review: Father Mother Sister Brother – A dark and tender look at family bonds - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The opening lines of Philip Larkin’s poem This Be The Verse came to mind after watching director Jim Jarmusch’s excellent new film Father Mother Sister Brother. They ...

Film review: Father Mother Sister Brother – A dark and tender look at family bonds - opening at Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast, on April 10 - viewdigital.org/film-review-...

Review: GROUP! delivers a wild night with chaotic brilliance at the Lyric Theatre - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital arts reviewer Conor Pelan Conor Mitchell’s GROUP! returns to the Lyric Theatre after 24 years as a benchmark show for the theatre’s 75th anniversary. It explores the classic setting of ...

Review: GROUP! delivers a wild night with chaotic brilliance at the Lyric Theatre - viewdigital.org/review-group...

Free places at @VIEWdigital media training workshop in March in Belfast for migrant women and disabled people - Email unamurphy@viewdigital.org for more details

Lyric Theatre launches primary school tour of ‘Waste Busters the Eco-Musical’ - VIEWdigital The Creative Learning department at the Lyric Theatre Belfast has announced a tour of primary schools across Northern Ireland with its environmental production Waste Busters the Eco-Musical. The show ...

Lyric Theatre launches primary school tour of ‘Waste Busters the Eco-Musical’ - viewdigital.org/lyric-theatr...

Migrant Women Seen & Heard to be screened at Belfast Film Festival - VIEWdigital A series of short factual films, Migrant Women Seen & Heard, co-created with writers, filmmakers and journalists, Nandi Jola, Jess Lovely, Abeer Musawei and Marisa Comeau-Kerege, migrant women living ...

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Review: Consumed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Sharp, fearless and exhilarating - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital theatre reviewer Conor Pelan What happens when you put Baby Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z together at one family birthday party? Consumed, written by Karris Kelly and produced by Paine...

Review: Consumed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Sharp, fearless and exhilarating - viewdigital.org/review-consu...

Northern Ireland has second-highest rate of low pay in the UK, report finds - VIEWdigital Northern Ireland has the second-highest rate of low pay in the UK, a report has found. New analysis of the Office of National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) by the Living Wage ...

Northern Ireland has second-highest rate of low pay in the UK, report finds - viewdigital.org/northern-ire...

Review: Raw and riveting performance from Nicky Harley in The Human Voice - VIEWdigital The Human Voice at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast By VIEWdigital theatre reviewer Conor Pelan Set in modern Belfast, Prime Cut Productions of The Human Voice, (originally by Jean Cocteau in the 1930s ‘La ...

Review: Raw and riveting performance from Nicky Harley in The Human Voice at Lyric Theatre, Belfast - viewdigital.org/review-raw-a...

Former PwC employee settles age and disability discrimination case for £150,000 - VIEWdigital A woman who had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Ltd (PwC) for more than 40 years has settled her case of age and disability discrimination against the company for £150,000. The woman, who w...

Former PwC employee settles age and disability discrimination case for £150,000 - viewdigital.org/former-pwc-e...

Latest issue of VIEW magazine is launched at the offices of UNISON NI in Belfast - VIEWdigital By Liana Mac Intyre The latest issue of VIEW magazine was launched on Monday, January 26, at UNISON Northern Ireland’s office in Galway House on York Street, Belfast. The event brought together trade ...

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REVIEW: The Voice of Hind Rajab: a powerful portrayal of a terrified little Palestinian girl under fire from the Israeli army - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Five-year-old Hind Rajab was killed in 2024 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, in her uncle’s car, along with six family members and two courageous Palestini...

REVIEW: The Voice of Hind Rajab: a powerful portrayal of a terrified little Palestinian girl under fire from the Israeli army - viewdigital.org/review-the-v...

Latest issue of VIEW magazine: Why we need to support a public health service and resist a two-tier system - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan I, like many thousands of other people, am a firm advocate of a public health system that is free at the point of entry. But I also know that our National Health Serv...

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Little Voices, Big Impact: Children in east Belfast help award funding to community projects - VIEWdigital Ten creative projects have now been selected to receive funding after children and families in east Belfast took part in the Happy Vote. A range of groups pitched to hundreds of people who came throug...

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Scrooge steps back into Belfast as A Christmas Carol returns to the Lyric Theatre - VIEWdigital A Christmas Carol, the classic tale by Charles Dickens, returns to the Lyric Theatre on November 28 to January 10, 2026. Reimagined by playwright Marie Jones and directed by Matthew McElhinney, the 20...

Scrooge steps back into Belfast as A Christmas Carol returns to the Lyric Theatre - viewdigital.org/scrooge-step...

‘Happy Vote’ set to unleash new ideas to help children in east Belfast - VIEWdigital Children and families in east Belfast are set to cast their votes in a fun ballot that will determine which ideas will come to life as part of Save the Children NI’s Innovation Fund, ‘Transforming the...

‘Happy Vote’ set to unleash new ideas to help children in east Belfast - viewdigital.org/happy-vote-s...

Review: Testimony: Aoife Kelleher’s unflinching look at the horror of the Magdalene Laundries - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell An estimated 30,000 women were confined in the Magdalene Laundries. One thousand seven hundred and forty-five babies were sent across the Atlantic to the Unite...

Review: Testimony: Aoife Kelleher’s unflinching look at the horror of the Magdalene Laundries - viewdigital.org/review-testi...

Comment: Drink spiking: Why young women still don’t feel safe in Northern Ireland - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell In September, I became familiar with the consequences of spiking. As a student, I had often heard the term thrown around university — “a friend of a friend” ty...

Comment: Drink spiking: Why many young women still don’t feel safe in Northern Ireland - viewdigital.org/comment-drin...

Review: The Mastermind; director Kelly Reichardt turns an art robbery into a study of quiet desperation - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Director Kelly Reichardt’s latest film The Mastermind is, at a surface level, a heist movie, but it is so much more. The minimalist style, the camera shots, the jazzy...

Review: The Mastermind; director Kelly Reichardt turns an art robbery into a study of quiet desperation - viewdigital.org/review-the-m...

Review: Souleymane's Story: a brilliant portrayal of an app wage slave who gives a voice to the exploited - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The food courier on a bike is now a common sight on our city streets. A few taps on a mobile phone, and your meal is delivered to your front door. But what’s the stor...

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Linen Hall Library launches Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025 - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell The Linen Hall Library in Belfast has announced the launch of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025, celebrating and promoting excellence in short ficti...

Linen Hall Library in Belfast launches Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025 - viewdigital.org/linen-hall-l...

Sunflower bar event to raise funds for Gaza with a feast of Palestinian food - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The Sunflower Bar in Belfast is set to serve up a range of Palestinian food at a fundraising event in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The event will run from 1pm ...

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Award-winning play on women’s hostel closure returns for major tour - VIEWdigital An award-winning and politically charged play about the forced closure of Belfast’s Regina Coeli hostel for women is returning to stages across the north following overwhelming demand from venues and ...

Award-winning play on women’s hostel closure returns for major tour - viewdigital.org/award-winnin...

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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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Speakers in panel discussion ‘Hearing from people on the ground’.

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#NorthernIreland today. Important discussions on ‘Tackling Hate and Violence’
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Wheelchair user left stuck on the Glider settles disability case against Translink - VIEWdigital A wheelchair user, who was stuck several times on the Glider in Belfast after the ramp failed to come down, has settled her disability discrimination case against Translink for £7,500. Belfast student...

A wheelchair user, who was stuck several times on the Glider in Belfast after the ramp failed to come down, has settled her disability discrimination case against Translink for £7,500. - viewdigital.org/wheelchair-u...

Film Review: Sorry, Baby - a warm and sensitive look at the aftermath of a sexual assault - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan There is one long camera shot in Sorry, Baby — comedian Eva Victor’s feature debut as a writer–director — which totally resonates because of its originality in convey...

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Warning issued that thousands of NI Housing Executive tenants could face an increase in rents - VIEWdigital By Donal McMahon, Local Democracy Reporting Servicer A Northern Ireland housing chief has called for “urgent” borrowing powers amid a stark warning that thousands of people could face a hike in rents....

Warning issued that thousands of NI Housing Executive tenants could face an increase in rents - viewdigital.org/warning-issu...

Urgent need for additional funding for social housing provision as NI homelessness numbers continue to spiral upwards - VIEWdigital The Department for Communities released the latest edition of its Housing Bulletin for April to June 2025 today. The statistics show that the number of households with homelessness status in Northern ...

Urgent need for additional funding for social housing provision as NI homelessness numbers continue to spiral upwards - viewdigital.org/urgent-need-...