Monthly Archives: December 2014
The Northern Soul End of Year Quiz
How’s your Northern knowledge? With just a few hours until 2014 draws to a close, let’s see how much you can recall about the year. No prizes, just a lovely feeling of smugness when you get them all right (answers will be posted on Northern Soul tomorrow). No googling allowed….
Read the full story..Review: Top Hat, Leeds Grand Theatre
The musical rom-com Top Hat is based on the 1935 film with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and sees Alan Burkitt and Charlotte Good step into their predecessors’ dancing shoes with a result that will blow your hat off, top or otherwise.
Read the full story..Madness and Inspiral Carpets: a photo montage
Northern Soul’s Head Photographer Chris Payne was busy last week snapping the Inspiral Carpets and Madness, both playing in Manchester. Here are his pics of Clint Boon greeting the crowd at The Ritz while nutty boys and girls were treated to a night of Madness at the Phones4u Arena.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul 2014 End of Year Review
Where did the year go? Was it good for you?
Read the full story..Rakhi Sinha: from Chorlton Bazaar to Eventbrite
Rakhi Sinha, founder of Chorlton Bazaar and the new head of the Northern branch of Eventbrite, writes for Northern Soul.
Read the full story..The Merry Widow at the Royal Northern College of Music
In the midst of your Opera Correspondent’s many birthday celebrations I managed to squeeze in this joyful production of Franz Lehár’s comic opera, The Merry Widow.
Read the full story..We’re Going on a Bear Hunt at The Lowry
If you’ve become a parent during the last 20 years, you’ll most likely know the picture book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
Read the full story..Mick Middles on Frank Sidebottom
If you’ve passed through the South Manchester village of Timperley in the past year or so, you’ll have noticed a new landmark by the main crossroads.
Read the full story..Northern Soul’s Best Reads of 2014
There’s little doubt that 2014 has been a cracking year for literature, whether it’s new authors, old favourites or re-issued classic works.
Read the full story..Review: Baltic Cellar, Manchester
A stone’s throw from Manchester’s Albert Square and the bustling Christmas markets, the Baltic Cellar invites you to escape from the winter cold.
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