We all need to acknowledge & be acknowledged so applause to the contributors for this podcast, three of whom recorded in lockdown: Paul Whittington on the distractions of parents’ night; Jenny Ireland on the trauma of brain surgery; Joe Nawaz on doing the right thing; Fergal McGuckin on being a fool. Paul is your host.

In normal times Tenx9 is a monthly storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran, and as well as filling the main venue in the Black Box, it has spread to Scotland, England, USA, Canada, Netherlands & Australia.

While it draws on the tradition of oral storytelling, we also encourage the shy, the nervous & the reticent.