Can culture help break chains of the past in Derry?

THERE’S something in the air in Derry. The great city of St Columcille is the first UK City of Culture, a cultural extravaganza that began in January and will extend all year.

Can culture help break chains of the past in Derry?

Derry, climbing high from the banks of the mighty River Foyle, has always been known as a cultural capital brimming with native talent. From Dana to Phil Coulter and the punk sensation The Undertones to actors Roma Downey, Bronagh Gallagher and Amanda Burton: talent oozes from the Maiden City’s pavements and her famous stones.

A year of cultural novelties for the city await: the Turner Prize travels outside of England for the first time and the Fleadh Ceoil na-hÉireann will finally cross the border.

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