Mark Devenport

Everyday Ethics - Oliver Plunkett, Relics, Sudan, Digital Resurrection - BBC Sounds Oliver Plunkett, Relics, Sudan, Digital Resurrection

On Everyday Ethics/Sunday Sequence we discussed digital resurrection, the veneration of relics & Archbishop Eamon Martin told the story of St. Oliver Plunkett 400 years on. Also heard about the latest developments in the brutal Sudanese civil war.

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Photo of Mark Devenport and Stephen Walker smiling.

Shot of Stephen and Mark on stage

Stephen Walker signing a book

Shot of the stage taken from the back of the hall

Great night in Antrim chatting about my biography of David Trimble.
Thanks to everybody who came and to @markdevenport.bsky.social for making it happen. Thanks also to @waterstones.bsky.social and Antrim and Newtownabbey Council.
Next stop Magheramorne Estate on 6 November.
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Post from Mark Devenport - YouTube Explored the use of technology to improve people's lives in this Research to Reality roundtable discussion with academics from Queen's University, Belfast. W...

Using technology to improve people’s lives - a Queen’s University Belfast podcast in which I found out about VR addressing trauma, creating new musical instruments & the application of Edge AI

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Post from Mark Devenport - YouTube A thought provoking conversation with a panel of experts who work with people diagnosed with cancer, their families and carers. Hosting this Research to Real...

In conversation with a experts who work with people diagnosed with cancer & carers. Hosting this Roundtable with academics from Queen's University, Belfast, opened my eyes to issues like the financial and insurance difficulties experienced by cancer survivors.

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Mark Devenport and Stephen Walker seated together on a stage.

The front cover of the book ‘ David Trimble : Peacemaker’. It features David Trimble in a black and white photograph looking down.

Advert for the launch of ‘ David Trimble : Peacemaker’.

Photograph of Mark Devenport in a blue shirt.

Sat beside @markdevenport.bsky.social at the Beeb for years.
We are back together in Antrim on Thursday 30 October chatting about the life and legacy of David Trimble.
Old Courthouse Theatre at 7.30pm
Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk
Or from theoldcourthousetheatre.com

Really looking forward to this.
Chatting to my friend @markdevenport.bsky.social
Thursday 30 October at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Antrim at 7.30pm

Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk

Heading to Antrim on Thursday 30 October in the fine company of @markdevenport.bsky.social

Do join us at the the Old Courthouse Theatre for an evening of conversation, political insight and a bit of craic. Begins 7.30pm.

Tickets
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Talkback - 21/10/2025 - BBC Sounds William Crawley debates challenging issues and talks to the people making the headlines.

Discussed Ed Moloney’s journalistic legacy on BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme after 1pm

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Sunday Sequence - UN at 80, China Christian Crackdown - BBC Sounds UN at 80, China Christian crackdown.

Put my old UN Correspondent hat back on to discuss the state of the organisation as it marks its 80th birthday with Audrey Carville on Sunday Sequence ⁦‪on BBC Radio Ulster

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Last Word - Peter Gurney, Diane Keaton, Peter Hall, Angela Bond - BBC Sounds Matthew Bannister on a bomb disposal expert, an actor, a winemaker and a theatre manager.

The senior bomb disposal officer Peter Gurney was undoubtedly one of the bravest people I have ever met. So it was a privilege to pay tribute to him on ⁦‪@BBCRadio4‬⁩ “Last Word”

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Gaza and Guinness: The shocking assassination linking Ireland’s famous brewing dynasty with the crisis in the Middle East Many of us are looking forward to watching Netflix’s new Irish historical drama House of Guinness as a much-needed opportunity to get away from the unrelentingly grim content of today’s news, dominate...

Gaza and Guinness: The shocking assassination linking Ireland’s famous brewing dynasty with the crisis in the Middle East

Gaza and Guinness: The shocking assassination linking Ireland’s famous brewing dynasty with the crisis in the Middle East Many of us are looking forward to watching Netflix’s new Irish historical drama House of Guinness as a much-needed opportunity to get away from the unrelentingly grim content of today’s news, dominate...

Gaza and Guinness: The shocking assassination linking Ireland’s famous brewing dynasty with the crisis in the Middle East

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Why is UK PM Keir Starmer in trouble a year after landslide election win? Deputy quits, cabinet reshuffled as far-right Reform UK gains in polls.

Appeared on Al Jazeera Inside Story to discuss the latest dramatic developments in U.K. politics

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YouTube video by Queen's University Belfast Research to Reality: Roundtables | Episode 2 | Conflict Resolution and Peace Building

Covered a lot of ground in this discussion with QUB academics who specialise in post-conflict societies. From literature inspired by NI's troubles to improving child welfare, plus amnesties & the search for truth & justice.
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Tracks & Trails returns for a fresh new season – About RTÉ First episode airs this Friday at 8pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin presenting  Guests include Barry Murphy, Brooke Scullion, Bryan Dobson, Claire Byrne, Fiona Mitchell, James Ka...

Thanks to the team at Tracks & Trails for inviting me to accompany them for a stroll along the County Down coast, due to be broadcast on RTÉ tomorrow

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YouTube video by Queen's University Belfast Research to Reality: Roundtables | Episode 1 | Fighting Hidden Climate and Environmental Threats

Fighting Hidden Climate and Environmental Threats: A Queen’s University Belfast Research to Reality Roundtable, in which I learnt a lot from the university’s experts in invasive species and radiocarbon dating youtube.com/watch?v=xNQj...

Sunday with Steven Rainey - Presented by Mark Devenport: US Data Breach, John & Paul, Oggi Tomac, Centenary of The Great Gatsby - BBC Sounds This week’s security breach in the US and the danger of data leaks.

The US data breach, the Bosnian war 30 years on, a new insight into Lennon & McCartney’s love hate relationship & the centenary of the Great Gatsby - this weekend’s Steven Rainey show on BBC Sounds

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Sunday with Steven Rainey - Presented by Mark Devenport: Myra’s Story; Space & The Human Body; Music For Dementia - BBC Sounds Presented by Mark Devenport: Myra’s Story; Space & The Human Body; Music For Dementia

Discussing everything from astronaut rehabilitation through to the power of music in supporting people diagnosed with dementia, here on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Chairing this Imagine Belfast event next Saturday 29th March for all those interested in polls, plebiscites and referendums (or is it referenda?)

Great craic being on the radio today with Rachael Jeffers and @markdevenport.bsky.social
Reviewing the papers and chatting about St Patrick’s Day in Canada, Charles I, Chess, Trump, and a host of other things !

SF won't travel to White House over Trump's policies Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill have confirmed they will not travel to the White House to meet US President Donald Trump next month.

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Sinn Féin to boycott White House St Patrick's Day celebrations

Taoiseach election delay 'farcical' after Dáil chaos The election of a taoiseach has been suspended until Thursday morning after a day of bitter rows in the Dáil.

Irish Taoiseach election delay described as 'farcical' amid chaos in the Dáil www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dáil set to resume with Micheál Martin returning as taoiseach The Irish parliament is set to return after Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael set up a coalition government.

Micheál Martin to be installed as Irish taoiseach for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Belfast's Assembly Rooms on list of 'at risk' global sites The World Monuments Fund's watch list for 2025 includes Ukraine's Teacher's House and Gaza's Great Omari Mosque.

The restoration of the historic Belfast Assembly Rooms and the development of a Museum of Troubles & Peace is backed by World Monuments Fund as part of its 2025 international watch list www.bbc.com/news/article...

2025 World Monuments Watch Announcement

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Cricket: Afghanistan boycott backed by former NI first minister Seven MPs and peers from Northern Ireland back boycott due to the Taliban's oppression of women.

Former NI first minister backs Afghanistan cricket boycott www.bbc.com/news/article...

Peter Hain urges South Africa to boycott Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy * Anti-apartheid campaigner plea to governing body * Women’s cricket team disbanded under Taliban rule The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to challenge the ban on women’s and girl’s cricket in…

Peter Hain urges South Africa to boycott Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy

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The political A to Z of Northern Ireland in 2024 From a restored power-sharing executive to smoky bacon crisps, Gareth Gordon looks at the political year that was.

Gareth Gordon’s always entertaining A-Z guide to the year that was in NI

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