Colin J Donnelly
@cjdonnelly72.bsky.social
Music, Movies, Books…
Boucher Road Playing Fields to stop hosting music events www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Boucher Road Playing Fields: Venue to stop hosting music events
Sinn Féin has said the land is to return to sports pitches and “community use”.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Boucher Road Playing Fields to stop hosting music events www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/.... Yeah, don’t…
Do you know your eating-at-the-cinema etiquette?
Miquita Oliver and Jordan Stephens discuss the dos and don'ts of cinema snacks.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/.... Yeah, don’t…
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on June 8th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #RoccoAndHisBrothers (1960)!
Italian maestro Luchino Visconti’s epic drama follows a mother and her five sons who move from a small town to Milan, changing their lives forever. This hypnotically beautiful tale of relocation,
Coming on June 8th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #RoccoAndHisBrothers (1960)!
Italian maestro Luchino Visconti’s epic drama follows a mother and her five sons who move from a small town to Milan, changing their lives forever. This hypnotically beautiful tale of relocation,
February 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on June 8th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #RoccoAndHisBrothers (1960)!
Italian maestro Luchino Visconti’s epic drama follows a mother and her five sons who move from a small town to Milan, changing their lives forever. This hypnotically beautiful tale of relocation,
Coming on June 8th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #RoccoAndHisBrothers (1960)!
Italian maestro Luchino Visconti’s epic drama follows a mother and her five sons who move from a small town to Milan, changing their lives forever. This hypnotically beautiful tale of relocation,
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Btw, pop over to ITVX for The Spy in Black, The Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and Ill Met By Moonlight for more by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Btw, pop over to ITVX for The Spy in Black, The Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and Ill Met By Moonlight for more by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
I see @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social have decided to abandon X. Hopefully they’ll post updates over here now for those of us who aren’t on FB or Insta 🤞 #FilmSky
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I see @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social have decided to abandon X. Hopefully they’ll post updates over here now for those of us who aren’t on FB or Insta 🤞 #FilmSky
This is a great little piece..
Sam Kydd, one of the great journeyman actors. My article on Substack. Catch him in many films shown on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social joecushnan.substack.com/p/sam-kydd-o...
Sam Kydd, One of the Great Journeyman Actors
Catch him in a lot of films shown on Talking Pictures TV
joecushnan.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is a great little piece..
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30th January 1956.
Elvis has entered the building.
RCA Studios in New York.
He recorded Blue Suede Shoes, which has already been on the radio today, I am sure.
So, let's play 'So Glad You're Mine' , recorded at the same session.
On the Late Show wMB.
buff.ly/QZLJKvt
Elvis has entered the building.
RCA Studios in New York.
He recorded Blue Suede Shoes, which has already been on the radio today, I am sure.
So, let's play 'So Glad You're Mine' , recorded at the same session.
On the Late Show wMB.
buff.ly/QZLJKvt
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
30th January 1956.
Elvis has entered the building.
RCA Studios in New York.
He recorded Blue Suede Shoes, which has already been on the radio today, I am sure.
So, let's play 'So Glad You're Mine' , recorded at the same session.
On the Late Show wMB.
buff.ly/QZLJKvt
Elvis has entered the building.
RCA Studios in New York.
He recorded Blue Suede Shoes, which has already been on the radio today, I am sure.
So, let's play 'So Glad You're Mine' , recorded at the same session.
On the Late Show wMB.
buff.ly/QZLJKvt
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🚨Tomorrow morning!!🚨
Next Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🚨Tomorrow morning!!🚨
Commuting four hours and 140 miles a day for a better quality of life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Commuting four hours and 140 miles a day for a better quality of life
A growing number of commuters from the Republic of Ireland now live along the border in Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Commuting four hours and 140 miles a day for a better quality of life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yeeooo! Looking forward to this, never seen them before 😎🎶🙌
January 30, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Yeeooo! Looking forward to this, never seen them before 😎🎶🙌
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RTÉ Brainstorm: How St Brigid's Day and Imbolc mark the beginning of spring https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0128/1555477-how-st-brigids-day-and-imbolc-mark-the-beginning-of-spring/
How St Brigid's Day and Imbolc mark the beginning of spring
The emergence of St Brigid's Day as a public holiday marks a renewed engagement with Indigenous Irish ways of understanding time, land and belonging
www.rte.ie
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
RTÉ Brainstorm: How St Brigid's Day and Imbolc mark the beginning of spring https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0128/1555477-how-st-brigids-day-and-imbolc-mark-the-beginning-of-spring/
Well worth catching these two masterpieces if you haven’t already. #FilmSky
Next Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Well worth catching these two masterpieces if you haven’t already. #FilmSky
A little light relief from the bin fire that has been my January. Absolutely brilliant, I howled with laughter & I needed it…
January 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM
A little light relief from the bin fire that has been my January. Absolutely brilliant, I howled with laughter & I needed it…
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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Saturday 18:00 – Sunday 09:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Saturday 18:00 – Sunday 09:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 PM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Saturday 18:00 – Sunday 09:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Saturday 18:00 – Sunday 09:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Tuesday 06:00 – Tuesday 15:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Tuesday 06:00 – Tuesday 15:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Tuesday 06:00 – Tuesday 15:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across Northern Ireland
Tuesday 06:00 – Tuesday 15:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Fascinating discovery.
Human remains uncovered at a monastic site in Co Offaly following Storm Éowyn last year have been carbon dated to the early Christian period
Uncovered human remains date to early Christian period
Human remains uncovered at a monastic site in Co Offaly following Storm Éowyn last year have been carbon dated to the early Christian period.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Fascinating discovery.
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First solo gig of the year- BELFAST - and working on visuals as well as words and music - this for Lazarus Beats
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January 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
First solo gig of the year- BELFAST - and working on visuals as well as words and music - this for Lazarus Beats
cqaf.com/robin-ince-t...
cqaf.com/robin-ince-t...
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The Irish Film Institute (IFI) are launching a new 24-film, two-month retrospective of the work of French master director, JEAN-LUC GODARD. Godard was a leading light in the French New Wave movement of the 1960s. ifi.ie/jean-luc-god...
TRUTH, 24 TIMES PER SECOND: THE FILMS OF JEAN-LUC GODARD - Irish Film Institute
Released in 1960, Breathless announced the arrival of a filmmaker who has spent the intervening decades striving to redefine and reshape the medium. Spanning Jean-Luc Godard’s astonishingly prolific f...
ifi.ie
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The Irish Film Institute (IFI) are launching a new 24-film, two-month retrospective of the work of French master director, JEAN-LUC GODARD. Godard was a leading light in the French New Wave movement of the 1960s. ifi.ie/jean-luc-god...
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
Simple Minds- Kings Hall, Belfast, 26th September 1989.
Peak SM on the Street Fighting Years tour, 3 hr show supported by Gun.
A whole generation saw their first gig here, now a Health & Wellbeing park.
Simple Minds- Kings Hall, Belfast, 26th September 1989.
Peak SM on the Street Fighting Years tour, 3 hr show supported by Gun.
A whole generation saw their first gig here, now a Health & Wellbeing park.
January 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
Simple Minds- Kings Hall, Belfast, 26th September 1989.
Peak SM on the Street Fighting Years tour, 3 hr show supported by Gun.
A whole generation saw their first gig here, now a Health & Wellbeing park.
Simple Minds- Kings Hall, Belfast, 26th September 1989.
Peak SM on the Street Fighting Years tour, 3 hr show supported by Gun.
A whole generation saw their first gig here, now a Health & Wellbeing park.
Rare discovery as nightjar found behind Belfast bin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nightjar: Rare discovery as elusive bird found behind Belfast bin
There have been only a handful of sightings of the nightjar in Northern Ireland since the 1950s.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Rare discovery as nightjar found behind Belfast bin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ailbhe Reddy shares 'That Girl' from forthcoming album Kiss Big
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Ailbhe Reddy shares 'That Girl' from forthcoming album Kiss Big | Nialler9
Kiss Big is the followup to Ailbhe Reddy's previous records -Endless Affair (2023) and Personal History (2020).
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January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Ailbhe Reddy shares 'That Girl' from forthcoming album Kiss Big
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Today is #NollaigNamBan or #LittleChristmas in Ireland but it’s also the 187th anniversary of Ireland’s greatest natural disaster, The Night Of The Big Wind an often overlooked or forgotten piece of history. A cataclysmic storm that brought death & destruction across the Island in a single night.
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Today is #NollaigNamBan or #LittleChristmas in Ireland but it’s also the 187th anniversary of Ireland’s greatest natural disaster, The Night Of The Big Wind an often overlooked or forgotten piece of history. A cataclysmic storm that brought death & destruction across the Island in a single night.