In the twenty years since peace began to dawn again in Northern Ireland, much of Belfast has been transformed by investment and economic growth – the so-called “peace dividend”. But as this hauntingly illustrated book demonstrates, in parts of the city most scarred by the Troubles, divided communities have not yet been able to shrug off the legacy of conflict. Vicky Cosstick, a “blow-in” in local parlance, and this allows her to take a candid and reasoned approach to what are complex and loaded issues. Her assessment of various projects run by youth, community, religious, arts and business groups aimed at the eventual demolition of the “peace” walls that have separated Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods for over two generations is remarkably f
13 August 2015, The Tablet
Belfast: towards a city without walls
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