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The director’s cousin Martin Hamilton tells of family and the Troubles that went on to inspire an acclaimed memoir

Editorial: Even 50 years later, the killings in Derry in 1972 cast a long shadow over Britain’s policies in Northern Ireland

Mass shooting of Catholic demonstrators in Derry by British paratroopers, perhaps the defining episode of the Troubles, remembered 50 years on

At its heart, Bloody Sunday was a devastating personal tragedy involving the deaths of 13 men and boys, six of whom were only 17 years old. The victims were taking part in a civil rights protest march against internment. In 30 minutes, 21 soldiers from the British Army’s parachute regiment…

On January 30 1972, dozens of photographers arrived in Derry, Northern Ireland, to cover a protest march against internment without trial. The day’s events turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire. The photographers ended up capturing on film one of the most significant events of the Troubles – Bloody Sunday.

In today’s Diary: Dornan on Belfast / Damp in the country house / More raunch, promises Olly / Dame Julie and the corpsing / Sue Gray report ‘will see light of day’

Caitríona Balfe is the luminous star of Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-tipped Belfast. She talks about how modelling almost broke her, bonding on set with Judi Dench and her childhood during the Troubles

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

“Anything that can prove that there are no winners at the end of all that is good for the next generation to see"

‘I always think back to stuff that became normal, that was not normal,’ actor recalled

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