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Benson and McNabney handed first Ireland call-ups
Ulster duo Jamie Benson and James McNabney have been handed their first Ireland call-ups for November's Nations Championship matches.
Election 2026: Political newcomer Pierrette Farber running unopposed in Ulster County Legislature District 17
When New Paltz voters head to the polls, they will elect a political newcomer to represent them on the Ulster County Legislature.
Jon Burrows to announce replacement for Mike Nesbitt as health minister
Mike Nesbitt announced his resignation on Tuesday night amid a row with Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows.
Mid-Hudson Valley business calendar for the week of Aug. 10, 2026
A listing of upcoming business events in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
Mid-Hudson Valley business calendar for the week of July 20, 2026
July 21 and 28: Women’s Enterprise Development Center free course, Bookkeeping & QuickBooks: Know Your Numbers, Grow Your Business (two-part series), 6-8 p.m., 3 Neptune Road, Poughkeepsie. The course includes two sessions: Bookkeeping…
Ulster County Legislature approves tax surcharge on higher earners
The Ulster County Legislature on Tuesday approved the 'Ulster County for Fair Taxes Act.'
Mid-Hudson Valley business calendar for the week of June 15, 2026
Young Ulster Professionals Meet up, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Artisan Beauty Bar, 284 Wall St., Kingston. To register visit ulsterchamber.org.
Bilbao or bust - will Ulster bounce back with trophy?
Ahead of the Challenge Cup final on Friday, will Ulster salvage their season with silverware against Montpellier in Bilbao as they look to end a 20-year trophy drought?
McGeeney savours Armagh's glory day in Ulster
Kieran McGeeney reflects on "a great day for Armagh" as his side wins the county's first Ulster SFC title since 2008.
Monaghan must take Armagh down the stretch
Monaghan legend and BBC pundit Conor McManus outlines what Monaghan must do to upset free-scoring Armagh in Sunday's Ulster SFC final at Clones.
We must match Armagh's performance level
Monaghan captain Micheal Bannigan feels Armagh are capable of repeating their impressive semi-final win over Down when they face the Farney men in Sunday's Ulster Senior Football Championship final in Clones [16:15 BST].
'Awesome' Armagh but Monaghan 'have a chance' in final
Former Armagh All-Ireland winner Oisin McConville says that Monaghan "absolutely have a chance" in the Ulster SFC final, despite Armagh's impressive dismantling of Down in Sunday's semi-final.
McGeeney 'won't read much' into dominant semi-final win
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney insists he would not read too much into his side's emphatic Ulster semi-final win over Down, despite a dominant performance in Clones.
Monaghan snatch thrilling extra-time win over Derry
Rory Beggan's last-gasp two-point free in extra-time sees Monaghan break Derry hearts with a 1-30 to 3-23 win to qualify for the final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
Punk Politics/Camp Costume is a fashion exhibition curated by (some of my) brilliant Parsons students!
I have the most amazing students. I teach Fashion Journalism at Parsons, as part of its MA Fashion Studies degree, though I have students of all different disciplines throughout the New School in my class — from fine-art photographers to investigative journalists to textile designers. And I learn about all sorts of fascinating things from them, like that designers are adding faux sweat stains to their garments now (part of a trend piece about “anatomy core”) and that real “French girl style” is actually about being “cunti cunta” (aka loud, rude, too much, liberated). So when I found out that some of my students were curating a fashion exhibition opening tonight(!!!), I just knew that it would be brilliant too. Wearable Art is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe It’s called Punk Politics/Camp Costuming1, and it’s up through May 10 at La Sudestada, the wonderful gallery and concept store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I asked the exhibit’s lead curator, Ella Birney (a talented costume and knitwear designer from Belfast who also happens to be in my class), all about it. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Tell me about the idea of this exhibition and how it came about. Ella Birney: For our Fashion Curation class, we had to pitch [exhibition] proposals to our professor, Jessica [Glasscock], and I really wanted to continue on the themes that I was exploring in my BA when I was studying in London a couple of years ago. My BA was very punk-inspired and very political. Everything I do, as you know from my writing, always has a slight Irish, political twist to it2. So in my BA project, it was looking at knitwear as a conveyor for exploring political identity in somewhere like Ireland, where identity is such a point of contention. And looking at the images that I generated from that project, there was something so camp about the whole thing. Like, it’s so playful and in bad taste to do a political message — like a knitted Union Jack — out of mohair. There’s something very camp about that. So that’s where it kind of became punk politics/camp costuming — looking at how from the 1970s to now there’s been protest through costume and clothing. What was your BA in? It was fashion textiles, knitwear. Very craft heavy, which — craft is never taken seriously either. That’s also a kind of spin [on the punk/camp thing]. The Union Jack knit that you made is included in the show — what is camp about knitting a Union Jack out of mohair? The whole ethos of camp is kind of bad taste, doing things that are tongue in cheek and a bit wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Like, this is a bit silly. Everything I do is like, this is a bit silly. Like, being from the North of Ireland, everything you do is political. So it’s like, everything is going to be looked at in a certain lens anyway, so we may as well lean into it. So the Union Jack was because I come from a mixed marriage — Protestant-Catholic. And in the North of Ireland, that’s still a big deal. And even though I’m a Catholic and brought up in a very like Catholic Nationalist family, there [were] Union Jacks [the symbol of the United Kingdom] on my street. So I was like, then I’m gonna make your Union Jack out of knitwear. And then that kind of all linked back to the punk movement that Vivian Westwood forefronted in the late 70s, [with her stores] Let It Rock and Seditionaries. How did you source your items? Once we decided on this exhibition idea, everyone in the class was put to [think about] what do you think can fit into punk politics/camp costuming and finding designers that fit that brief. Me and my co-curators, Dulcinea Flores and Allison Gramando, made a brief to send out — with a mood board and color stories, stuff like that — and then everyone kind of got to work emailing people. We reached out to other Parsons grads. Even through Instagram stories we’ve been able to reach so many people who were like, Yeah, of course, I’ll write something for this, or Please — let me submit stuff. It actually was quite easy sourcing things. … The Parsons thing gets you quite far. What were some great pieces you got? There’s a Brooklyn-based, nonbinary artist called Buzz Slutsky. I can’t even remember how I found them, but I came across this crazy, shoe thing — they had made all these different shoes out of papier-mâché, and the story behind them is so fantastic, so interesting. They were just so obliging, like, Of course, you can have these for a few weeks. I was really happy about that. And then we have art from a collective here called Art Comes First. And they lent loads of really amazing pieces that just tied everything together. You have your Union Jack knit in the show too. Any other pieces that you made? There’s three of my BA mohair knits. There’s the Union Jack. There’s a mohair with the word “No” — which is based on an old political campaign in Ireland that was “Ulster says no to sodomy.” And then there’s another one that is red, white and blue, like the Union Jack, but has the word “Catholic” on it and lots of holy medals. I’m so happy I got to include those. How many pieces are in the show? Between 49 and 52, something like that. A load of clothing and accessories, shoes. There’s a Brooklyn-based Irish photographer who’s given us photos. There’s also a shopping cart that is an art piece by Art Comes First that has gold knuckle dusters as the handles. There’s also lots of T-shirts, original pins from the 70s and 80s that were from people’s dads. I also brought my record player, and all of [co-curator] Allison’s dad’s original albums so everyone could play records. Oh my gosh! Yeah, it’s cool. Anything else you would like to add? If we get to do an exhibition, why would we not make it political in this day and age? I hope that people come. There’s a lot of history, because it starts back in the 70s. It’s not like chronological or anything, but there are historical objects. I hope people come out of it thinking, out of all the really horrendous decades of the 70s and 80s and 90s, all these amazing subcultures happened. There are horrible political times, but there’s art that comes out of it that lasts. Punk Politics/Camp Costume is on view May 1-10 at La Sudestada, 67 West St. Suite 513, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. RSVP for the opening Friday May 1 6pm-8pm here. There’s also a button-making and patch-making workshop and artist talk May 9. Follow the show’s Instagram page @punkxcamp.parsons. Special shout out to all the students who put on this show: Ella Birney (lead curator), Dulcinea Flores (curator), Allison Gramando (curator), Pierre Sanon (lead exhibition designer), Eliana Daneshvari (exhibition designer), Reilly Lowell (editor), Jess Gayo (researcher/writer), Joyce Gayo (researcher/writer), Maria Magdalena Ugarte Montero (researcher/writer), Cassidy Colarik (exhibition press officer), Shelby Shovein (educator), Sarah Mahnke-Baum (educator), Trinidy Coleman (graphic designer), and Leonie Soravia (project manager). Jessica Glasscock was the faculty advisor. 1 The website is definitely worth checking out. 2 This is true!
Munster secure convincing win over youthful Ulster
Munster seal a comprehensive 41-14 win over Ulster in the United Rugby Championship game between the teams in Limerick.
There is a big performance in Fermanagh
Darragh McGurn feels there are "big performances" in Fermanagh who host Armagh in Saturday's Ulster SFC quarter-final.
McCormick ready for Ulster call against Munster
Ulster hooker James McCormick says he is "excited to get going" when Ulster travel to Thomond Park to face Munster on Saturday [17:30 BST].
Sunday Politics: New studio means more choice for audience
The programme will be broadcast live on BBC One NI and for the first time on Radio Ulster and Foyle.
Interpro against Leinster 'a spicy one'
Ulster back Zac Ward says there is an added edge to home Irish interprovincial derbies, especially against Leinster.
Impressive Ulster into Challenge Cup semi-finals
Ulster are one game away from a first European final since 2012 after a 41-24 win over La Rochelle in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
The GAA Social looks ahead to the championship
With the 2026 Ulster Senior Football Championship starting this weekend, The GAA Social is joined by Philly McMahon and Conor McManus to gather their predictions.
How have 'belief and clarity' improved Ulster?
After Friday's win in Edinburgh took them to second in the table, how have "belief and clarity" helped Ulster's resurgence?
Legislation would provide tax exemption for full-time Ulster County residents
Sen. Michelle Hinchey and Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger announced a bill to pilot a property tax exemption for full-time residents.
Ulster County starts foreclosure proceedings on 2 iPark 87 West parcels
The Ulster County Economic Development Alliance (UCEDA) board voted Friday to start foreclosure proceedings, county Executive Jen Metzger said.
Ulster heavyweights renew rivalry as Harte returns to Derry
It's round four of the National Football League and the runners and riders in all four divisions are becoming ever clearer.
Mike Nesbitt to remain as Stormont health minister
Incoming Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows has confirmed that Mike Nesbitt will remain as health minister.
Ulster boosted by midfield returns for derby date
Centres Stuart McCloskey and Jude Postlethwaite are set to feature when Ulster travel to Leinster on Friday night.
Past Ulster disappointments driving Kilcoo
With 13 Down titles over the past 14 years, one may get the impression that success can be taken for granted in Kilcoo, but current manager Martin Corey insists there is a sense they "have left a lot behind them" beyond their county boundary.