Monthly Archives: October 2016
Northern Soul chats to arch-drude, Julian Cope
Ah, Julian Cope, arch-drude and all-round bluddy fantastic musician.
Vera, Shetland and the North: Ann Cleeves talks to Northern Soul
“She’s driving from her home towards Newcastle but that’s the Holy Island causeway and that clearly isn’t right.”
Review: Manchester Museum, Extinction or Survival?
The first two objects in Manchester Museum’s new exhibition Extinction or Survival? are a model of a dodo and a stuffed panda. One is extinct, of course. And the other has been brought back from the brink of extinction, thanks to the efforts of conservationists across the globe.
Fleetneedles Forage: The Magic of the Elder Tree
A few weeks ago I bought a copy of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales.
Win tickets to the Fizz Festival, Altrincham
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE FIZZ FESTIVAL IN ALTRINCHAM
The Northern Soul Podcast: Manchester Literature Festival
Ah, the Manchester Literature Festival. It’s proper good.
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Taking on Toad: Rufus Hound talks to Northern Soul about Wind in the Willows
By any standards, launching a big-budget musical is a huge risk. Nor do you make it any easier for yourself by basing said musical on a much-loved property (mess with cherished notions or characters and you can come a cropper).
Breaking the Code: we talk to Daniel Rigby about playing Alan Turing
In the summer of 1997, Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre staged a new adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 17th century comedy The Illusion, starring Trevor Baxter and Julia Sawalha. One entranced young audience member was 15 year-old Stockport lad Daniel Rigby who was making his first ever visit to the venue on a college outing.
Yves Klein at Tate Liverpool: we talk to curator Darren Pih
It seems obvious to me now that Yves Klein‘s Leap into the Void was a fake.
Where’s Whaley? From Manchester to North Shields to Amsterdam – and back again
As a young boy visiting my grandparents in Perthshire, I was told the story of a white rabbit which supposedly lived wild in a small glen just outside Gleneagles.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Are you an individual or an organisation based in the North of England? Why don’t you come to this year’s Northern Soul Awards? It’ll be a brilliant evening – 15th November at Manchester Cathedral. Tickets available here: https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/buy-tickets/
The Northern Soul Poll
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