Film review: ‘BELFAST’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Kenneth Branagh’s heartfelt, energetic, if familiar, Belfast is a semi-autobiographical family drama and childhood rites of passage film set amid the increasingly menacing environment of Northern Ireland during ‘the troubles’ in 1969. The film centres on nine-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill, in his feature acting debut), a likeable and precocious primary schooler living with his family in working class Belfast.  His

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents NORTHERN IRELAND BORN UK SINGING SENSATION CLODAGH RODGERS on PODCAST

Clodagh Rodgers was one of the more successful & most visible female singers in the UK during the late 1960s to early 1970s. Smash hits like Come Back and Shake Me & Jack in the Box made her a huge star appearing regularly on the Top TV shows of their day and that includes  Clodagh’s persona revolving around a whole episode of the classic Monty Python’s Flying Circus!

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