Lambeg drums make history at a Belfast celebration; finding a voice for poetry, and an NI Centenary concert in Kilkeel.

Helen Mark captures the flavour of the “100 Drums for 100 Years” event at Stormont when a record number of Lambeg drums arrived from every part of the country to celebrate the NI Centenary. Willie Hill’s been chatting to James Donaldson about the concert planned for Reiver’s House in Kilkeel (and online) to celebrate the same anniversary. Jonnie Crawford meets Ballymoney poet Robert Simpson whose life long speech impediment encouraged him to write poetry. David Gilliland opens the diary for the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre in Belfast’s Victoria Street with new exhibitions and music events, and Rab Lennox completes this week’s Kintra team. As always, listeners are welcome to send their comments, feedback, details of an Ulster-Scots event they’d like to promote, or a good yarn to share – email the team at [email protected].