Editing Derry (section)

==Culture==
[[File:'Hands Across the Divide' sculpture, Derry.jpg|left|thumbnail|''Hands Across the Divide'' sculpture, by [[Maurice Harron]]]]

Artists and writers associated with the city and surrounding countryside include the [[Nobel Prize]]-winning poet [[Seamus Heaney]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/heaney-bio.html |title=Seamus Heaney – Biography |work=NobelPrize.org: Official Web Site of the [[Nobel Prize]] |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927000702/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/heaney-bio.html |archive-date=27 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> poet [[Seamus Deane]], playwright [[Brian Friel]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/milestone-birthday-for-playwright-brian-friel-1-2133267 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730132901/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/milestone-birthday-for-playwright-brian-friel-1-2133267 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |title=Milestone birthday for playwright Brian Friel – Derry Today |work=[[Derry Journal]] |access-date=20 June 2010}}</ref> writer and music critic [[Nik Cohn]], artist [[Willie Doherty]], socio-political commentator and activist [[Eamonn McCann]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/17469/Meet-the-Candidates--Eamonn.6216366.jp |url-status=dead |title=Meet the Candidates – Eamonn McCann People Before Profit Alliance |work=[[Derry Journal]] |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-date=28 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728121439/http://www.derryjournal.com/17469/Meet-the-Candidates--Eamonn.6216366.jp}}</ref> and bands such as [[the Undertones]]. The large political gable-wall murals of Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner, the Foyle Film Festival, the Derry Walls, St Eugene's and St Columb's Cathedrals and the annual Halloween street carnival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/halloween/ |title=Halloween 2009 |work=DerryCity.gov.uk |publisher=[[Derry City Council]] |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523075400/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/halloween/ |archive-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> are popular tourist attractions. In 2010, Derry was named the UK's tenth 'most musical' city by [[PRS for Music]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Smith |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bristol-named-britains-most-musical-207581 |title=Bristol named Britain's most musical city |date=13 March 2010 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605083821/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/13/bristol-named-britain-s-most-musical-city-115875-22107650/ |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Derry Peace Flame.jpg|thumb|Peace Flame Monument, unveiled in May 2013]]

In May 2013 a perpetual Peace Flame Monument was unveiled by [[Martin Luther King III]] and Presbyterian minister Rev. David Latimer. The flame was lit by children from both traditions in the city and is one of only 15 such flames across the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/community/pathway-to-peace-cycle-event-on-sunday-1-5547805 |title='Pathway to Peace' cycle event on Sunday |work=[[Derry Journal]] |date=4 October 2013 |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084348/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/community/pathway-to-peace-cycle-event-on-sunday-1-5547805 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Deeney |first=Donna |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/derrys-children-united-to-light-flame-of-peace-29271479.html |title=Derry's children united to light flame of peace |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085325/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/derrys-children-united-to-light-flame-of-peace-29271479.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Media===
The local newspapers, the ''[[Derry Journal]]'' (known as the ''Londonderry Journal'' until 1880) and the ''[[Londonderry Sentinel]]'', reflect the divided history of the city: the ''Journal'' was founded in 1772 and is Ireland's second oldest newspaper;<ref name="Lacey" /> the ''Sentinel'' newspaper was formed in 1829 when new owners of the ''Journal'' embraced [[Catholic emancipation]] and the editor left the paper to set up the ''Sentinel''.

There are numerous radio stations receivable: the largest stations based in the city are [[BBC Radio Foyle]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radiofoyle/ |title=Radio Foyle: 93.1 FM / 792 MW |publisher=[[BBC Radio Foyle]] |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522124749/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiofoyle/ |archive-date=22 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the commercial station [[Q102.9]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.q102.fm/portal/ |title=Q102.9 FM |work=Q102.fm |publisher=[[Q Radio Network]] |access-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330122925/http://www.q102.fm/portal/ |archive-date=30 March 2010}}</ref>

There was a locally based television station, [[C9TV]], one of only two local or 'restricted' television services in Northern Ireland, which ceased broadcasts in 2007.

===Nightlife===
The city's nightlife is mainly focused on the weekends, with several bars and clubs providing "student nights" during the weekdays. Waterloo Street and Strand Road provide the main venues. Waterloo Street, a steep street lined with both Irish traditional and modern pubs, frequently has live rock and traditional music at night.

===Events===
* In 2013, Derry became the first city to be designated [[UK City of Culture]], having been awarded the title in July 2010.<ref name="Derry wins City of Culture" /><ref name="DCS – UK City of Culture" />
* Also in 2013 the city hosted [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/5712/radio-1-s-big-weekend-line-up-announced |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend Line-Up Announced |date=6 May 2013 |work=Culture Northern Ireland |publisher=[[Nerve Centre (organisation)|Nerve Centre]] |access-date=16 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611054621/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/5712/radio-1-s-big-weekend-line-up-announced |archive-date=11 June 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Ireland |first1=Culture Northern }}</ref> and the [[Lumiere (festival)|Lumiere]] light festival.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC News |title=Londonderry Lumiere light show 'attracts 180,000' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-25187409 |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110165357/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-25187409 |archive-date=10 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The "Banks of the Foyle Hallowe'en Carnival" (known in Irish as Féile na Samhna) in Derry is a huge tourism boost for the city. The carnival is promoted as being the first and longest-running Halloween carnival in the whole of Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/halloween/ |title=Banks of the Foyle Hallowe'en Carnival |work=DerryCity.gov.uk |publisher=[[Derry City Council]] |access-date=5 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721232747/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/halloween/ |archive-date=21 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=448 |title=Masquerading as Subversion? |last=Pelan |first=Rebecca |journal=Politics and Culture |issue=4 |date=2004 |editor1-first=Amitava |editor1-last=Kumar |editor2-first=Michael |editor2-last=Ryan |publisher=[[Connecticut College]] |access-date=5 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060309012934/http://aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=448 |archive-date=9 March 2006}}</ref> It is called the largest street party in Ireland by the Derry Visitor and Convention Bureau with more than 30,000 ghoulish revellers taking to the streets annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishpost/Travel/ireland-home-halloween-051012.asp |title=Ireland, home of Halloween |last=Rogers |first=Malcolm |work=[[The Irish Post]] |access-date=5 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426230203/http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishpost/Travel/ireland-home-halloween-051012.asp |archive-date=26 April 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In March, the city hosts the Big Tickle Comedy Festival, which in 2006 featured [[Dara Ó Briain]] and [[Colin Murphy (comedian)|Colin Murphy]]. In April the city plays host to the [[City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival]] and in November the Foyle Film Festival, the biggest film festival in Northern Ireland.
* The [[Siege of Derry]] is commemorated annually by the fraternal organisation the [[Apprentice Boys of Derry]] in the week-long [[Maiden City Festival]].
* The Instinct Festival is an annual youth festival celebrating the Arts. It is held around Easter and has proven a success in recent years.
* Celtronic is a major annual electronic dance festival held at venues all around the city. The 2007 Festival featured the DJ, [[Erol Alkan]].
* The [[Millennium Forum]] is the main theatre in the city; it holds numerous shows weekly.
* On 9 December 2007 Derry entered the Guinness Book of Records when 13,000 Santas gathered to break the world record, beating previous records held by Liverpool and Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7135400.stm |title=Santa record bid attracts 13,000 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 August 2008 |date=9 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103125806/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7135400.stm |archive-date=3 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Winner of the 2005 [[Britain in Bloom]] competition (City category). Runner-up 2009.

===References in popular music===
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{{Poemquote|I was born in Londonderry
I was born in Derry City too
Oh what a special child
To see such things and still to smile
I knew that there was something wrong
But I kept my head down and carried on.
|[[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]], "Sunrise"
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{{Poemquote|In 1803 we sailed out to sea,
Out from the sweet town of Derry,
For Australia bound if we did not all drown,
And the marks of our fetters we carried...
|[[Bobby Sands]], "Back Home in Derry"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=34 |title=Back Home in Derry, full lyrics |work=Celtic-Lyrics.com |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917085736/http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=34 |archive-date=17 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{Poemquote|It is old but it is beautiful, and its colours they are fine.
It was worn at [[Siege of Derry|Derry]], [[Battle of Aughrim|Aughrim]], [[Battle of Newtownbutler|Enniskillen]] and the [[Battle of the Boyne|Boyne]].
My father wore it as a youth in bygone days of yore.
And on the Twelfth I love to wear the sash my father wore
|Anon., "[[The Sash]]"
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{{Poemquote|...In the early morning the shirt factory horn called women from Creggan,
the Moor and the Bog.
While the men on the dole played a mother's role,
fed the children and then walked the dog.
And when times got tough there was just about enough.
But they saw it through without complaining.
For deep inside was a burning pride in the town I loved so well.
There was music there in the Derry air, like a language that we all could understand...
|[[Phil Coulter]], "[[The Town I Loved So Well]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=405 |title=The Town I Loved So Well, full lyrics |work=Celtic-Lyrics.com |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120085014/http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=405 |archive-date=20 November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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