Monthly Archives: March 2016
Will Gompertz on the arts, museum closures and THAT hairdo
“I don’t think I would have got my job without my hair.”
Read the full story..Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival: nom, nom, nom…
Ramsbottom certainly knows how to appeal to the masses: chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate.
Read the full story..Liverpool Lambs: Untold Stories From the Easter Rising
One hundred years ago, almost every family in Britain knew the heartache of waving men off to battle.
Read the full story..To the Banner Born: Inside the People’s History Museum
It’s a banner you wouldn’t want to argue with.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: Michelle Hussey and Natalie-Eve Williams
Hurrah and huzzah! It’s the March Northern Soul Podcast.
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Read the full story..Review and interview: Natalie Merchant
Not long ago, while talking to Natalie Merchant about Paradise Is There – The New Tigerlily Recordings, her brilliantly imaginative re-recording and re-arranging of songs from her multi-platinum solo debut Tigerlily, I raised the possibility that the project could be perceived as a line under her career to date. She didn’t agree with me.
Read the full story..Win tickets for DogFest, Cheshire
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO DOGFEST AT ARLEY HALL, CHESHIRE
Read the full story..Out of Nowhere: launching a theatre company and taking on Homer’s Odyssey
I’ve just ordered 5,000 flyers and 100 posters. If I were to find a tiny error on them when they arrive, I would probably be inconsolable for at least a week.
Read the full story..Liverpool Pride: back for 2016 and better than ever
“This year we are bouncing back.”
Read the full story..Win tickets to The BBC Good Food Show Spring, Harrogate
Win tickets to The BBC Good Food Show Spring in Harrogate this April
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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