I delighted to be leading Anti Slavery Belfast walking tours as part of the 2024 Belfast International Arts Festival! Four tours are being held on 14.11.24 (11 & 14.00) and 21.11.24 (11 & 14.00) to explore Belfast’s slavery past &…
This Autumn, delve into the rich and intriguing social history of Belfast with Queen’s University Belfast’s Open Learning Programme. Over ten weeks, starting from 25th September 2024, you will explore the lives of Belfast’s residents between 1798 and 1914, a…
An interview of me on @BBCNewsNI on the Belfast entries. If you want to know more, check out my website!
I have refined the orientation of my Troubles tour to concentrate on West Belfast, encompassing notable areas such as Shankill and Falls, as well as the iconic Peace Wall. This adjustment is designed to encompass a broader array of renowned…
This site was the home of Sinclair’s department store and was built in two phases. Number 89-93 was constructed in 1926 using faience (glazed ceramic ware) in the art deco style building.[1] Designed by James Scott, it features giant ionic…
I’m delighted to be part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival 2024 and am leading three Drs & Diseases Tours on Belfast’s medical history. Dates are 18, 19 and 24 Feb from 14.00-15.30. Places can be booked at
Dr Toms Tours is one half of team that is ASB. The tour explores Belfast’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade & city’s valiant role as a hotspot of abolitionist activism. Dates 2024: Feb 11 & 25 Mar 10 &…
Balmoral Cemetery was declared open to the public on 13 October 1855. The cemetery was built after Reverend Henry Cooke and Reverend Joseph Mackenzie of Malone were refused permission to carry out a ‘proper’ Presbyterian funeral in another churchyard. The…
Today marks the Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur. Many Jews in Belfast would have celebrated this festival at the Greenville Hall Synagogue, located on Annesley Street. This was opened in 1904 and was the second synagogue in Belfast, the first…
Arthur Square is named after Arthur Chichester, the founding father of Belfast. Chichester obtained a charter to establish Belfast as a corporation, or town, from British King James in 1613. The site was originally known as the corn market and…
