Monthly Archives: April 2016
What’s On in May: Comedy
Ah the lovely month of May. Month of maypoles and burning virgins in Wicker Men. Or is that November? Anyway get your laughing chops round this little lot.
Read the full story..Win tickets to Gigantic Indie All Dayer Vol 3, Manchester
With its reputation as a riotous first fixture in the festival calendar and an unmissable event for the connoisseur of indie, the annual music marathon that is the Gigantic Indie All Dayer proudly returns to kick-start the season once again with an almighty bang.
Read the full story..It’s Not Grim Up North
‘As you dry your clothes once again
Upon the radiator
What makes Britain great
Makes Manchester yet greater’
Review: Afternoon tea at Manchester House, Spinningfields
Manchester House is swish. It may not be the sort of word they’d use in their official publicity, but that’s the intention and that’s certainly the effect: a get-me-I’m-something-special fine dining experience in sumptuous surroundings, accessible from the street only by a private lift.
Read the full story..Game Review: Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter is an eerie, incredibly punishing hack-and-slash game by independent developers Heart Machine.
Read the full story..Five Places in Hull
Crime author Nick Quantrill writes for Northern Soul about his new novel and the star of his book: Hull.
Read the full story..Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style at Imperial War Museum North
As I sit and wait for the call to connect with Amanda Mason, the historian behind Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style, a new exhibition at The Imperial War Museum North, I wonder what it is about clothing from bygone eras that has piqued our interest.
Read the full story..Review: Tattu’s First Anniversary Menu, Spinningfields, Manchester
Manchester’s Spinningfields is a great place to just be, especially in summer.
Read the full story..Review: Sonnets in the City, BBC Radio 3, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The phrase ‘Shakespeare’s Birthday’ is enough to strike fear into the heart of anyone from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: James Holt
Hurrah and huzzah! It’s the April Northern Soul Podcast.
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