LitTalk: In Conversation With Declan Lawn

On Monday, 9th February 2026, at 19:00, the Old McMordie Hall in the Music Building hosted the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society's third LitTalk of the 177th Session. The event featured Declan Lawn, creator and lead writer of the hit BBC television series Blue Lights.

During the event, attendees had the chance to listen to an interview with Mr. Lawn conducted by Katie Ward, a Contributor to The Gown, the student newspaper at Queen's University Belfast. Following the discussion, participants were given the opportunity to pose questions to Mr. Lawn.

This House Would Rather Be A Traitor Than A Faithful

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The fourteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-seventh session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Rather Be A Traitor Than A Faithful".

Speaking for the Proposition were Leon Mewse, Lyra Morgan-Burst, and Luke Teggart, and speaking for the Opposition were Tom McCormack, Beth Lynam, and Rosa Ivory.

Timestamps as follows:

(00:00:00) Order, order!
(00:02:03) President's Questions
(00:06:49) Private Members’ Business
(00:22:21) Minutes
(00:29:47) Rules of the Debate
(00:31:22) Vote of Prior Opinion
(00:33:25) Leon Mewse, First Prop
(00:40:48) Tom McCormack, First Opp
(00:49:21) Lyra Morgan-Burst, Second Prop
(00:55:12) Beth Lynam, Second Opp
(01:03:10) Luke Teggart, Third Prop
(01:10:54) Rosa Ivory, Third Opp
(01:18:36) Questions from the House
(01:33:30) Vote of Speaker Ability
(01:34:50) Announcements
(01:45:48) Meeting adjourned!

Thanks for listening!