Monthly Archives: April 2018
Kendal set for Fringe-style comedy festival at The Brewery Arts Centre
Comedy fans who can’t make Harry and Meghan’s big day at Windsor Castle can experience a ‘Royal Wedding’ with a difference in Kendal this May.
Read the full story..Review: A Clockwork Orange, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
There are two stars of this Everyman production of Anthony Burgess’s cult novel, A Clockwork Orange.
Read the full story..Let’s Watch TV together: Pilot Light TV Festival
Back in the day, ‘watching the telly’ meant simply that: sitting in the living room staring at the television set in the corner when your show of choice was on.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Liverpool Playhouse
Ok that’s it. From now on, all children’s theatre productions need to feature giant humanoid chickens with a steampunk aesthetic and fabulous comic timing.
Read the full story..Win a bottle of Pimms and a pair of tickets to Relatively Speaking at Oldham Coliseum
Win a bottle of Pimms and a pair of tickets to Relatively Speaking at Oldham Coliseum.
Read the full story..Feasts from the Middle East: Pumpkin & Saffron Soup
New to Northern Soul: Tony Kitous, founder of Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais, shares delicious recipes from his new cookbook Feasts from the Middle East.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: GinnelWatch – time to show us your ginnels!
We love a good ginnel at Northern Soul. But, depending on where you’re from, there are all sorts of words for what essentially amounts to an alleyway, including jennel, snicket, vennel, gennel, jitty, jetty and our new favourite…a weind.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: Steal the City
It’s April which means just one thing – Spring has finally sprung.
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Read the full story..Review: Emmerdale Studio Tour, Leeds
It’s hard to believe that Emmerdale, or Emmerdale Farm if you’re as old as me and can remember that far back, has been on our screens for 46 years.
Read the full story..Book Review: A Normal Family by Henry Normal and Angela Pell
Living with autism is a hugely weighty subject and any book about it could easily risk being hard to digest.
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