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  • My Space: Paolo Hewitt, writer and journalist

    My Space: Paolo Hewitt, writer and journalist

    In a series of articles, Northern Soul’s Phil Pearson talks to all manner of fascinating folk about the room they use to write in, paint in, and do all things creative. This week it’s writer and journalist, Paolo Hewitt. 

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    February 13, 2019 No Comments
  • “Once the Spice Girls move into your house, you very quickly run out of space.” Sheffield songwriter Eliot Kennedy talks to Northern Soul

    “Once the Spice Girls move into your house, you very quickly run out of space.” Sheffield songwriter Eliot Kennedy talks to Northern Soul

    Eliot Kennedy has written songs for Mary J. Blige, the Spice Girls, Celine Dion, Boyzone, Bryan Adams, S Club 7 and Take That. Now the Sheffield songwriter is celebrating his 50th birthday with a charity concert in his home town – and he’s invited his musical friends. He talks to Ann Chadwick.

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    February 12, 2019 No Comments
  • Photo Gallery: Fancy Pants, The Portico Library, Manchester

    Photo Gallery: Fancy Pants, The Portico Library, Manchester

    In 1836, the enormously popular Manchester Music Festival came to a close with a fancy dress ball so grand a temporary structure was built to connect The Portico Library with the nearby Assembly Rooms and Theatre Royal.

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    February 12, 2019 No Comments
  • Queering the past: Bolton, LGBT history and Walt Whitman. Playwright Stephen M Hornby talks to Northern Soul

    Queering the past: Bolton, LGBT history and Walt Whitman. Playwright Stephen M Hornby talks to Northern Soul

    A number of places are synonymous with the history of gay culture: San Francisco, New York, Paris, Bolton.

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    February 10, 2019 No Comments

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