Monthly Archives: June 2014
Create Salford: kicking some creative ass
When I first moved to Manchester, I stumbled drunkenly into The King’s Arms one night and asked whereabouts in Manchester I was
Read the full story..Becoming a Novelist: Treason’s Daughter
Publication day. I woke up and ran downstairs to the laptop. There it was, available to order.
Read the full story..Keeping Rosy: Christine Bottomley gives Northern Soul the low-down
On Portland Street in Manchester city centre, sandwiched between Chinatown and the coach station, there’s a large disused office block.
Read the full story..Sunday Lunch at The Grill on the Alley
As a chef, reviewing a restaurant can be a bit of busman’s holiday.
Read the full story..Turtle Bay: a taste of the Caribbean comes to Manchester
Manchester’s first Caribbean restaurant is loud, lively and a place for, as Wiganer Karen Connolly might say, ‘a right rum do’.
Read the full story..Rebecca Ryan: from Shameless to A Taste of Honey
Actress Rebecca Ryan is a Northern girl. She is Manchester born and bred.
Read the full story..Emma Jane Unsworth tells Northern Soul about her delightfully decadent second novel, Animals
It’s an old trick in the publishing world to get a few high-profile pals of the author to say something pithy and nice about the book then plaster them somewhere prominent on the book jacket.
Read the full story..‘We are The Regiment of the Wounded’
The editor of Northern Soul talks to poet, novelist and scriptwriter Owen Sheers about his play, The Two Worlds of Charlie F.
Read the full story..Steven Mackintosh: From the Muppets to Manchester
There’s a moment in the BBC1 drama From There To Here when, not long after the IRA bomb detonates and destroys Manchester city centre, the character of Robbo stands with his hands on his head, surveying the ruins.
Read the full story..The Northern Chords Festival
It has been said that ‘where words fail, music speaks’.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- “The need for us is still there.” Junior Akinola, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Manchester’s Contact Theatre
- Brute Strength: Why Our Northern Concrete is Worth Keeping
- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
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