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Jane Crosbie and her daughter Phoebe Lyle are rewriting the script for disability

Gail Bell

HER book editor mum may have just published her first book in 22 years, but tenacious Phoebe Lyle is also rewriting the script when it comes to severely disabled young people reaching for their dreams.

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Humour was a way of coping: Book records story of firefighters during the Troubles

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From Eamonn Magee to The Christmasaurus – writers' Christmas recommendations

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Arts Q&A: Author Emma Heatherington on Bryan Adams, Roald Dahl and Tyrone GAA

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Brexit: Will a united Ireland remain simply a 'low intensity aspiration'?

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Ulster University to host conference on historic 1918 general election in Belfast

Robert McNamara 29 Nov, 2018

THE centenary of the most important general election in 20th century Ireland is being marked on Saturday by a conference at Ulster University, Belfast.

Sophia Hillan: Belfast author talks about her short story collection The Cocktail Hour

Gail Bell 22 Nov, 2018

WRITING is a step into the unknown, a restless adventure for award-winning Belfast novelist and academic Sophia Hillan, who is never quite certain where her characters will end up.

Lauren Booth: Tony Blair and I were on separate buses – and he was headed to Tel Aviv

Noel McAdam 22 Nov, 2018

SHE is the sister-in-law of Tony Blair, the former prime minister who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism.

Books: You can't not fall a little in love with Michelle Obama when reading Becoming

22 Nov, 2018

BOOK OF THE WEEK Becoming by Michelle Obama is published in hardback by Viking, priced £25 (ebook £11.

Steafán Hanvey and Bobbie Hanvey on new book of photos and verse, Reconstructions

David Roy 17 Nov, 2018

BOBBIE Hanvey has been documenting life in Northern Ireland for almost 50 years now.

Books: Trucks of Northern Ireland catalogues colour and history of haulage industry

Jenny Lee 15 Nov, 2018

TRUCKING isn’t just a job, it’s a way of life for many people in Northern Ireland, where their lorries are a pride and joy.

Ian Rankin on In A House of Lies, Rebus: Long Shadows & his favourite Irish writers

David Roy 15 Nov, 2018

HI IAN, you’re just back from a book tour in Canada – how did it go? Canada was exhausting but fun.

Michael Parkinson in Belfast to launch George Best, A Memoir

Gail Bell 15 Nov, 2018

LEGENDARY chat show host Michael Parkinson will be giving his personal Best at the Titanic Hotel next weekend when he will give a fresh insight into the life and times of his friend and recurrent interviewee, George Best.

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