Monthly Archives: February 2015
Heaven is a place on Peter Street: a treat for Mother’s Day
Some years ago, after a particularly enjoyable spa experience at London’s swanky Sanderson Hotel, I knocked over a megastar’s daughter.
Read the full story..Review: Electrik Bar in Chorlton, Manchester
Chorlton-cum-Hardy has never been short of bars. The place is teeming with the blighters, some of which last about as long as mayflies.
Read the full story..Sing-a-long-a-Frozen at The Lowry, Salford
It all started with the film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. When my six-year-old self saw it for the first time I couldn’t get over the fact that singing was part of the story. Coming from a tone-deaf family, it seemed crazy…but I loved it.
Read the full story..Fleetneedles Forage: Living with Fibromyalgia
When I began writing about foraging and herbalism almost a year ago, it was impossible to explain my journey without talking about my battle with fibromyalgia.
Read the full story..Internet Cat Video Festival: an on/offline phenomenon
As a freelancer, I’m always looking for new forms of income. Shifting for a national newspaper? Yes please. Corporate writing? I don’t mind if I do. Radio presenting? You betcha.
Read the full story..Election! Britain Votes at The People’s History Museum, Manchester
In the run up to the General Election, the People’s History History Museum in Manchester is hosting a ground-breaking exhibition, Election! Britain Votes.
Read the full story..Carnival of Souls at Cornerhouse, Manchester
I’m reminded of the scene in The Blob when, seated in a vintage movie theatre, a nonchalant cinema audience – all ra-ra skirts and pomaded hair – chuckle away and snarf popcorn as a terrified woman upon screen is strangled by multiple assailants.
Read the full story..Crime novelist Paula Hawkins talks to Northern Soul
Helen Nugent, the Editor of Northern Soul, talks to crime novelist Paula Hawkins, author of the international bestseller The Girl on the Train.
Read the full story..Only in England at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Isn’t it the case that we’re permanently on the cusp of changing times, stranded between memory and the unknown?
Read the full story..Preview: Leonora Carrington at Tate Liverpool
Athough artist Leonora Carrington was one of our own – a Northerner no less, originally from Chorley – it comes as something of a surprise to learn how much better known she is in her adopted home of Mexico.
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