Monthly Archives: September 2014
Monster Vegetables at the Harrogate Show
You can see them crouching beside the tables, cameras out, tape measures at the ready: show groupies. A selective and determined small group of people, like myself, who coo and ooh at the size of someone’s plums.
Read the full story..The Turf of a Nation: Inside the British Lawnmower Museum
It was a fine Sunday morning. As I peered out of the bedroom window at the sun-dipped street, I could sense that the neighbourhood was already in its joggy bottoms, easing into a wash-worn T-shirt, ready to take on the tasks of the day.
Read the full story..Beckett is the new black: actor Lisa Dwan talks to Northern Soul
Friends of mine tell me two things about the colour black and its significance in theatre and performance.
Read the full story..If only all Party Political Conferences had a Harry
A few years ago, while visiting a friend of mine who is a self-confessed political anorak, I stumbled across a VHS cassette on his bookshelf – Best Party Conference Speeches.
Read the full story..Michael Palin talks about Travelling to Work
It’s one of those glorious instances of “of course!” casting: the makers of the forthcoming new version of The Clangers have announced that the narrator will be none other than Michael Palin.
Read the full story..What a Norf and Sarf: returning to Holme Moss
I’m an East London boy with strong Northern connections, proud and grateful about my maternal links to Manchester and the fine-tuning of my thought processes by a doctorate in Sheffield (fish glands, since you ask).
Read the full story..Ramsbottom Festival: Northern Soul fills its musical boots
Northern Soul was out in force at this year’s Ramsbottom Festival. So, in the spirit of an event that has something for everyone, we offer you three different perspectives on the summer’s final festival.
Read the full story..David Thacker, Artistic Director of Bolton Octagon, talks to Northern Soul
David Thacker cut his theatrical canines in the capital.
Read the full story..Review: Ballet with Bite thanks to Northern Ballet’s Dracula
In 1993 at the pliant age of 17, I went to Bury flicks with my cousin Claire to watch Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Read the full story..Review: Fell at the Page to Stage Festival, Liverpool
A surreal moment in Liverpool, just as the polls are about to close in the independence referendum in Scotland.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Image Gallery: The Female Form Through Time, Discovery Museum, Newcastle
- “Our first night is bound to be emotional.” Anthony Prophet, co-owner of The Bowdon Rooms in Altrincham
- Book Review: This Is How We Come Back Stronger – Feminist Writers on Turning Crisis into Change
- Image Gallery: Jade Magenta Williams, A Smart Price way of life, PAPER, Manchester
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