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Last modified on Fri 16 Apr 2021 06.44 EDT Our latest Guardian documentary, Space To Be, follows the Windsor Women’s Centre as it continues on its 30-year quest to keep its doors open. Located in the heart of the Village area of South Belfast, the centre provides an oasis for some of the most vulnerable people in the local community through a carefully nurtured network of women. After receiving funding from the EU as part of the Good Friday agreement, many women’s centres sprung up across Northern Ireland, but have since been forced to close because of financial insecurity. The wome...

Even today, nothing in our Constitution guarantees equal rights regardless of your sex. Now the fight to add the ERA to the Constitution is taking on a new momentum, building off the roots of the 1970s progressive women's movement that took place right here in Houston. In the early 1970s the women's movement seemed unstoppable. "Energy was so high? It was just amazing. Just absolutely amazing. We felt we could conquer the world," said Dr. Nancy Joyner, former vice president of the American Association of University Women in 1977. Born from a commission, the Kennedy Administration created the ...

Inside Politics Politics, culture and the centenary of Northern Ireland Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. 53:48 Following last week's podcast with professor Brendan O’Leary on the creation of Northern Ireland, today’s show looks at this year’s centenary in respect of the politics and culture of the region. Hugh is joined by unionist political commentator Sarah Creighton to discuss the future of Northern Ireland, its changing relationship with both the UK and the Republic, and her views on the pro...

Tyll, Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin (Quercus) The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf) Inland, Téa Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) We Cast a Shadow, Maurice Carlos Ruffin (One World) The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) The Bird King, G. Willow Wilson (Grove Press) A total of 49 titles were nominated by libraries from 30 countries. The shortlist will be announced March 25, 2021, and the winner May 20. The shortlist and winner are chosen by the judging panel, consisting of Jan Carson, David James Karashima, Rita Sakr, Martín Veiga, and Enda Wyley, with Chris Mora...

Four Irish authors on longlist for prestigious €100k Dublin Literary Award Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones. By Aoife Barry Thursday 4 Feb 2021, 12:52 PM Feb 4th 2021, 12:52 PM 11,608 Views 2 Comments THE LONGLIST FOR this year’s Dublin Literary Award have been announced – and four Irish novels are on the list.  There are 49 books in total on the longlist, which have been nominated b...