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‘Beyond adorable’

RSPCA Brent Knoll launched a nationwide appeal earlier this month to find their longest-staying resident a forever family - now Terrier Buddy has 'settled in very well' in his new home with a 'lovely' couple

Terrier Buddy is the longest-staying resident at RSPCA Brent Knoll and is desperate to find an animal lover with a space in their heart and home for an unwanted dog

The actors grew up in the same city on opposite sides of the Troubles. Here, they reflect on revisiting their past in Belfast, Branagh’s highly personal new film

For all the Shakespearean drama Kenneth Branagh has done, Belfast, a personal memoir of his childhood in Northern Ireland, may be his crowning achievement.

Can you give Buddy his forever home?

Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical Oscars contender Belfast views The Troubles of Northern Ireland through the prism of childhood innocence and movie magic.

Kenneth Branagh’s monochrome film of growing up in 60s Northern Ireland offers nostalgia but avoids getting to grips with the Troubles

Anyone who says this personal movie isn’t political is kidding themselves

The celebrated director’s twinkly-eyed childhood memoir chooses not to reckon with reality

Kenneth Branagh’s latest semi-autobiographical film, Belfast, is set in Northern Ireland in 1969 and explores the “social and political tumult” in the buildup to the Troubles. The “affectionate portrait” of nine-year-old Buddy lies at the centre of this film, critic Robbie Meredith noted. Yet as violence begins to escalate between…