Monthly Archives: June 2015
ShinDigger: from student home-brewers to serious players
In the third part of our series showcasing the craft breweries of the North of England, Guy Kilty talks to student home-brewers turned serious players, ShinDigger.
Read the full story..Win tickets to Jackson Pollock at Tate Liverpool
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR TATE LIVERPOOL’S JACKSON POLLOCK: BLIND SPOTS
Read the full story..Director Ellen McDougall talks to Northern Soul
Ellen McDougall is a prolific director and totally immersed in a profession that began in her early student days when she directed Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Cymbeline.
Read the full story..The Headscarf Revolutionaries and the Hull Triple Trawler Disaster
Brian W. Lavery, author of The Headscarf Revolutionaries: Lillian Bilocca and the Hull Triple Trawler Disaster, writes for Northern Soul about a series of small quirks of fate which, across the decades, led him to write the story of a remarkable woman.
Read the full story..Review: Wicked at The Lowry, Salford Quays
‘One sure way to bring people together is to give them a really good enemy.’
Read the full story..Win a Personalised Bottle of Single Barrel Jack Daniel’s
WIN A PERSONALISED BOTTLE OF JACK DANIEL’S SINGLE BARREL WHISKEY
Read the full story..PAPER: supporting local artists in the North West
If you haven’t visited PAPER, then this hidden gem is an essential stop on any art crawl around Manchester.
Read the full story..Review: The Hudsucker Proxy at Liverpool Playhouse
Four years on from the Liverpool Playhouse launch of The Ladykillers – Graham Linehan’s delicious stage adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy – Liverpool theatre remains bewitched by the magical shadows of the 20th century’s greatest art form.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Bury Market
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne takes lots of lovely photos in Bury Market, Lancashire. Warning: don’t look at these pics if you’re peckish.
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