Award-Winning Poetry and An Ambitious Performance for the Maiden City

Available for 5 days

Helen Mark MBE presents BBC Radio Ulster’s weekly Ulster-Scots magazine this week alongside Rab Lennox, Willie Hill and Jonnie Crawford. Helen reports from the 5th Linen Hall Ulster-Scots Writing Competition – capturing readings from the winner and runner up in the poetry section. Ahead of its performance in Derry/Londonderry - Jonnie chats to a duo working on a large-scale theatre production which brings together drama, song and movement to explore how Scotland and Ireland helped shape America’s story. There’s a little bit of local history and a chat around where Ballymena got its name and actor Olivia Nash helps us commemorate a tragic day from our past - the sinking of the Princess Victoria Ferry in January 1953. As always, listeners are invited to contact the programme with a good Ulster-Scots yarn or event to talk about. The easiest way to do that is by email – helen.mark@bbc.co.uk