Looking for ideas to kickstart your brain?
Check out some of the events from previous Imagine! festivals.
The creator of the Instagram phenomenon ‘Model Strangers’ in conversation with Amanda Ferguson.
2025 festival | 64 mins
An in-person panel discussion with Mo’min Swaitat, founder of the Majazz project – a Palestinian-led record label and research platform.
2025 festival | 72 mins
The New York Times best-selling author, journalist and tech activist in conversation with Alan Meban.
2025 festival | 60 mins
A panel discussion marking the 50th anniversary the Ulster Workers’ Council Strike of 1974.
2024 festival | 59 mins
Journalist and author Eamonn Mallie talks about his career and recently published memoir, Eyewitness to War and Peace with BBC journalist, Mark Simpson.
2024 festival | 45 mins
Manchán explores Ireland’s traditional lore and language, revealing insights about our connection to spirit, water, and the goddess of the land.
2024 festival | 51 mins
Listen to stories as ancient as the forests of northern Wisconsin as the Sullivan Squad share music from the Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes.
2024 festival | 50 mins
Henry Normal, a BAFTA-honoured TV writer and poet, joins actor Nigel Planer for poetry, stories, jokes, Q&A, fun, knitwear, and surprises.
2024 festival | 35 mins
Slugger O’Toole convened a panel at our 2024 festival to discuss the year of elections that await us.
2024 festival | 80 mins
How do you move forward in a divided city? An event presented by The Huntington / Imagine! Belfast / Democracy.Community.
September 2023 | 70 mins
Councillors Brian Heading and John Kyle talk to David McCann of Slugger O’Toole about their careers in local government.
2023 festival | 47 mins
The celebrated American linguist, philosopher and social critic in conversation with Alan Meban.
2023 festival | 60 mins
The author, Guardian columnist and environmental activist in conversation with Alan Meban.
2023 festival | 65 mins
The American political scientist, political economist and writer in conversation with Alan Meban.
2023 festival | 40 mins
The internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize-finalist in conversation with BBC presenter and journalist William Crawley.
2022 festival | 60 mins
Political economist Professor Helen Thompson explains the political shocks of the last decade.
2022 festival | 56 mins
Author and playwright Bonnie Greer talks to Peter O’Neill about the ‘Red Summer’ of race riots in Chicago just after the end of WW1.
2021 festival | 65 mins
The Irish writer and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with Jan Carson.
2021 festival | 60 mins
The broadcaster talking about his book How Britain Ends and what, if anything, it means to be ‘British’ in the 21st Century.
2021 festival | 60 mins
The celebrated American linguist, philosopher and social critic in conversation with William Crawley.
2021 festival | 55 mins
