Stuck for a last-minute Christmas pressie?  I was in the city centre yesterday and had one of those days where you can’t move a few feet without bumping into an old friend and stopping for a bit of a yarn.  But I felt a bit guilty – everyone I was chatting to had the hunted, manic look of someone who still has to find and buy a lot of Christmas presents before the end of the week – whereas I am in the happy position of having all the shopping done (I think….) (edit: Susan “suggests” adding: because my wife got it all sorted out weeks ago…)

The reason for my smugness?  I reckon everyone in Northern Ireland has access to the perfect pressie this year, just at the click of a mouse: head to the Titanic Belfast website and buy your loved ones a ticket for the opening day of our biggest, brightest new visitor attraction.  A no-brainer, no?!

And just to whet your appetite, poking around on the site I found some really superb videos – like this construction timelapse:

Or this beautifully-made full-length trailer for the whole project:

And just in case you haven’t seen it (it’s been a while since I posted it here on The Dock blog), this brilliant fly-through of the new centre – it looks fantastic: