‘Whoever invented the beep test should be tried for war crimes’ - comedian Dave Elliott
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Dave Elliot, Belfast comedian, actor and podcaster
From west Belfast to the West End, Andersonstown’s Mark Dugdale on bringing Come From Away home, 9/11 and the kindness of strangers
Musical theatre phenomenon Come From Away lands in Belfast this week, bringing kindness, generosity of spirit and a reset for us all, says actor Mark Dugdale. Gail Bell spoke to the West End performer, originally from Andersonstown, ahead of curtain-up
‘Sleep? When I was in Thin Lizzy, I was lucky if I got to bed at all’ - Eric Bell
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Eric Bell, original guitarist and founding member of Thin Lizzy
‘I’ll never be able to put into words the gratitude I have for my donor and her family’ - Orla Smyth
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Orla Smyth, chair of Transplant Sport Northern Ireland
Michael Morpurgo - ‘I am so excited that War Horse is finally coming to Northern Ireland - but it should have happened years ago’
The phenomenal War Horse is galloping into Belfast next year for its long-awaited Northern Ireland premiere. Gail Bell spoke to award-winning author Michael Morpurgo on whose beloved book the hit show is based
‘I absolutely guzzled cigarettes; I drank them’ - poet and playwright, Damian Gorman
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: poet and playwright, Damian Gorman
Pretty Woman meets Love Island as Amber Davies brings smash-hit musical to Belfast
Love Island winner Amber Davies is back where she belongs, in musical theatre. She chats to Gail Bell about her latest role in Pretty Woman: The Musical, her love of Belfast, Dancing on Ice and working with Dolly Parton
‘I wish I had followed my love of cooking earlier in life’ - Carolyn Stewart
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Sauce-maker, radio presenter and business woman, Carolyn Stewart
‘I love the logic and strategy of chess’ - Mary McCabe
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Downpatrick’s award-winning opera singer, Mary McCabe
‘I like to use visualisation meditation for what I’m going to do on the pitch’ - Crusaders Strikers’ Mia Moore
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: 17-year-old Crusaders Strikers forward, Mia Moore
The Pillowman brings a Martin McDonagh theatrical shock to the Lyric Theatre stage
Director Emma Jordan talks to Gail Bell about the collision of comedy and cruelty in Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed The Pillowman, which opens at the Lyric Theatre this week
‘If no-one is home, I love a dance workout around the living room’ - Rachael Carnegie
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Rachael Carnegie of Centre Stage drama school in Belfast
‘You have to take life by the horns and do everything you want to’ - Marie Curie nurse, Rebecca Jennings
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: 24-year-old Rebecca Jennings, one of Marie Curie’s youngest palliative care nurses
‘I cut out alcohol and my energy levels soared’ - novelist Carlo Gebler
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Co Fermanagh author and teacher, Carlo Gebler
‘Pilates and paddling are essential in helping me unwind’ - Siobhan Kearney of Menopause NI
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Siobhan Kearney, founder of Menopause NI