Monthly Archives: November 2017
Review: Dog & Partridge, Didsbury, Manchester
There’s finest Iberican ham on the menu at the Dog & Partridge in Didsbury where once there was none.
Read the full story..Review: La Viña, Deansgate, Manchester
Firstly, full disclosure. I’m not one of life’s natural tapas fans.
Read the full story..“I never felt that being a woman was any less or more of an advantage.” Northern Soul chats to Kim Wilde
She’s preparing a new album and tour for the New Year.
Read the full story..The Transformative Power of Near-Death Experiences: Northern Soul talks to writer Kelly Michelle Walsh
It’s no exaggeration to say that Bolton-born Kelly Michelle Walsh is a veritable ray of sunshine on a grey and grim wet day.
Read the full story..Beautiful: Northern Soul chats to Bronté Barbé about Carole King
Name a female singer-songwriter from the past couple of decades.
Read the full story..Review: Christmas Igloos at The Refinery, Spinningfields, Manchester
When you think of an igloo does Pingu spring to mind?
Read the full story..Review: The Slow Readers Club, Albert Hall, Manchester
“Readers! Readers! Readers!” chanted a legion of rafter-shaking music fans at Manchester’s Albert Hall, a former Methodist hall and chapel just down the road from the city’s Central Library.
Read the full story..Review: Elf: The Musical, The Lowry, Salford
It’s no secret that I’m a Christmas fanatic.
Read the full story..Recipe: Hawksmoor’s Ox Cheek Cottage Pie
Hawksmoor has become something of a restaurant institution.
Read the full story..Review: Waiting for Godot, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
This is the first time that I’ve awarded all five of my closely guarded stars to a production.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Image Gallery: Jade Magenta Williams, A Smart Price way of life, PAPER, Manchester
- Exploring the North via video games
- Book Review: Excavate! The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
- “Around lunchtime, you’d break out all the bangers that everyone knows.” Northern Soul talks to buskers about life under lockdown
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As lockdown restrictions begin to ease, galleries can once again prepare to open. 'In Manchester' is an open call exhibition created after @cottononmcr and will be showcased at @SaulHayFineArt as its reopening exhibition. Click here to view more images: northernsoul.me.uk/image-gall… pic.twitter.com/HegmAR6LtS