Monthly Archives: July 2016
Composer and musician Barry Adamson talks to Northern Soul
On Barry Adamson’s new album, Know Where to Run, there’s a track called Cine City. It’s brassy, vivid, edgy, dramatic and propulsive – in short, highly cinematic. Its title, though, is meant as a nod in two different directions.
Read the full story..Historic Pools of Britain: can we save them?
It is called Manchester’s Water Palace but even that undersells it.
Read the full story..Book review: We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire
Manchester? Check. Lesbians? Check. Gangsters? Oh, go on then. Reading the blurb of this debut novel by Jules Grant, a former barrister from Manchester, is more than enough to pique my interest.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: Viz, Liverpool Biennial and Manchester Jazz Festival
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Read the full story..Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond at MSI, Manchester
“We are at the dawn of a new age of material science. And we have a whole new Lego set to play with.”
Read the full story..Women take to the stage at Science in the City festival
Dr Annie Keane writes for Northern Soul about some of the events showcasing women in science taking place at Manchester’s Science in the City Festival.
Read the full story..Poet Lemn Sissay talks to Northern Soul
‘We have to shout poetry from the rooftops, revolution is in poetry.’
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: The Hoppings, Newcastle
Northern Soul‘s North East Photographer, Phil Pounder, shares a gallery of The Hoppings on Newcastle upon Tyne’s Town Moor.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: The Northern Soul/Clarence Afternoon Tea, Bury
Brilliant do last week – the Northern Soul afternoon tea at The Clarence, Bury, where David Agnew, Artistic Director of The Met, chatted to the Editor of Northern Soul, Helen Nugent.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Somme 100, Imperial War Museum North
The Imperial War Museum North, Salford
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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