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Here are two stories from summer 2022: Paul Whittington gets a painful life lesson on the farm; first-timer Lindsey Allen gets a painful life lesson in Yemen. Paul is your host.

On February 23, we returned to Roe Valley Arts Centre in Limavady for the Steinbeck Festival. The theme was Journey & here are three stories from that evening: McCall Gilfillan had a hellish road trip; Grace Hurrell had a journey to remember with her future husband; Roy Arbuckle met a tattooed lady on his way to Portland. Paul is your host.

Three amazing true stories from our annual collaboration with the NI Science Festival in Belfast’s Black Box: Barney Gribbin shares a holy secret: Darcey Youngman brings a new perspective on Pride & Prejudice; Paul Brady discovers a new use for a workman’s torchlight. Paul is your host.

First-timer Paul Lee came along to tenx9 to tell this wonderful story when the theme was Fresh Start in January 2023. Enjoy!

Three wonderful stories from three wonderful Black Box evenings: Brian Ammons reclaims holy ground; Emma Prunty is musically moved by Ukraine; Norman Meharry goes to sea to avoid university. Paul is your host.

Our first live event of 2023 was held on Weds 18 Jan in the Black Box when the theme was Fresh Start: Eamonn Drayne turned his back on a prestigious career; Julie-May Noteman worried about her father’s fresh start; Ben Ritchie retired & found an exciting new world. Paul is your host.

Our first podcast of 2023 with three wonderful stories from 2022: John Moriarty gave us our title with his Small World story; Willa Murphy joined us in Limavady with a disturbing tale of a disturbing priest; Jim Livingstone had a poignant reuniting with an old school friend. Paul is your host.

Lorna Dunn had the Black Box audience enthralled on December 21 with this wonderfully romantic tale of love in a cold climate, on the farm. Paul has a short message.

Three seasonal stories from the past 12 months: Richard O’Leary is a ruthless director of the Nativity play; Maire McGrath gets a shock after a good deed; Paul Hutchinson’s family Christmas ends in a drunken bar fight. Paul is your host.

To make the US launch of Pádraig’s Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, here’s a story from the tenx9 co-founder from March 2022 when the theme was Reality. (Paul was down with Covid.)