Posts Tagged ‘Ben Finch’
COMMENT: Violence on the Twelfth – Treat the cause, not the symptoms
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The Orange Order’s Twelfth parades have again been marred by violence. Rioting occurred on Belfast’s Ormeau Road on the twelfth itself and disturbances in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast continued days afterwards. This has rightly been condemned by the police, by Assembly members from both sides of the community, and has been attributed to “dissident republicans” by Sinn Fein. Duncan McCausland, Assistant Chief Constable of the PSNI, has promised that “significant arrests” will be made. Two men, aged sixteen and twenty, have already appeared in court over their involvement in the riots.
BY BEN FINCH
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NEWS: Heaney opens McClay Library
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Seamus Heaney officially opened the McClay Library on Tuesday 6th July during a black tie ceremony attended by various dignitaries associated with Queen’s University. The new library has been named after late benefactor Sir Allen McClay, and has been described by Lady McClay as an appropriate way to remember Sir Allen. In December 2009, The Gown reported on QUB’s failure to notify Heaney that the library in his name was no longer open.
BY BEN FINCH
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NEWS: Ulster Museum wins Arts Fund Prize
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
The Ulster Museum was named today as the winner of the £100,000 Art Fund Prize, despite coming second in the public vote to the Ashmolean Museum. Announcing the results on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Front Row’ programme, Kirsty Young, broadcaster and chair of the judging panel, said, “We were moved and invigorated by our visit to the Ulster Museum. Here is a museum that shows how much can be achieved, and one that is building a lasting legacy.” She also commented on how the museum was “embedded in the community… [but] is incredibly impressive in its own right.”
BY BEN FINCH
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ARTS: Art Fund Prize to be announced tomorrow
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
The winner of the £100,000 Art Fund Prize 2010 will be announced on Wednesday 30 June. The Ulster Museum has been shortlisted and finished a close second in the popular vote, just 0.09% behind the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, with over 72,000 people voting. These figures are taken into account by the judging panel, which includes broadcaster Kirsty Young, but this may not influence the final decision.
BY BEN FINCH
Tags: Belfast, Ben Finch, Gown, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
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ARTS: Ulster Museum shortlisted in Art Fund Prize
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
The Ulster Museum has been shortlisted for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize 2010, along with three other institutions (the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Blists Hill Victorian Town and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry). The winner will be announced on June 30th.
BY BEN FINCH
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ARTS: Pop down to PS2 for some flowery creativity
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Accidents make for the best discoveries. On my way to an exhibition at the Belfast Printworkshop that has a friend’s prints on display, I was unable to find a parking space and so turned up late. Unfortunately everyone had left. They were to be found standing outside PS2, a gallery on Donegall Street. Inside, the gallery was packed to the rafters with flowers and people concentrating hard on the plants in front of them, drawing, painting, taking photos, making videos and creating sculptures.
BY BEN FINCH
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COMMENT: Israel’s flotilla fatalities
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
On Monday the Israeli Defence Force attacked a flotilla of ships headed for Gaza resulting in the deaths of nine people and the injury of many others. The flotilla was carrying aid for Palestinians in Gaza who live under an illegal blockade that only allows one fifth of the supplies necessary through. While the flotillas mission was ostensibly to deliver this aid, a more political end was clearly intended, and that was to break the blockade.
BY BEN FINCH
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OPINION: ConDem-ed
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance has led to David Cameron clawing his way across the threshold of 10 Downing Street. The result is the worst possible for Northern Ireland and could lead to an increase in tensions between Stormont and Westminster.
BY BEN FINCH
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REVIEW: The Miser by Molière
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Taking the piss out of bankers, itself, and the occasional member of the audience, The Miser by Molière is a riotous play which had members of the audience in fits of giggles. It is a satirical play of obsession with money, love, authority and status. Andy Gray plays the miser, Harpingon, and controls the stage with a fearsomely funny performance. He is brilliantly supported by Michael Condron, as Jack, Quimph and Carlyle,as well as Julie Maxwell, Paul Boyd and Richard Clements.
BY BEN FINCH
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FEATURE: Ulster Museum up for prestigious prize
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Following the Ulster Museum’s £17.2 million refurbishment, it has been nominated for the prestigious Art Fund Prize. This could be worth £100,000 to the museum as well as being a “huge accomplishment”. The public are being urged to vote for the museum to win on the Art Fund website. The Ulster Museum is currently in first place with 25.5% of the popular vote, but is closely followed by Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Birmingham on 21.9%. It is also up against institutions such as the Natural History Museum, London, and the Great North Museum, Newcastle.
BY BEN FINCH
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