Monthly Archives: July 2018
Photo Gallery: Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collection, The Hepworth, Wakefield
For the first time in human history, more people are living in urban environments than in the countryside, yet the impulse to seek out nature remains as strong as ever. This new exhibition of photographs – by leading British photographers such as Shirley Baker, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Chris Killip, Peter Mitchell, Martin Parr and Tony Ray-Jones – explores our evolving relationship with the natural world and how this shapes individuals and communities.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: HERSTORY, Touchstone, Rochdale
From Turin to Rochdale, nearly a half-century of work by game-changing, female artists – drawn from the collection of world-renowned collector and philanthropist Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo – will form HERSTORY: Women Artists from the Collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, a timely and ideologically-charged exhibition opening at Touchstones Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Read the full story..Think cross-stitch is for old ladies? Think again. Northern Soul talks to a self-confessed crosstitute
Cross-stitch is a much-loved art form which comes with certain connotations, namely of a homely, old-school, maybe slightly twee craft which enables its practitioners to immortalise pets, flowers and warm, welcoming slogans.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Awards 2018: a celebration of culture and enterprise
Hurrah and huzzah! Entries for the 2018 Northern Soul Awards are now open – and the best bit? It won’t cost you a penny.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Three Musketeers, Williamson Park, Lancaster
I’m not going to beat about the bush, I am thoroughly biased.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York
The German traveller Paul Henzner, visiting London just before Shakespeare’s Globe opened, counted ‘above thirty’ heads of traitors on spikes on gate at the south end of London Bridge.
Read the full story..Review: Gypsy Queens, Harrogate Music Festival
The heatwave well and truly hit Harrogate on day three of the town’s five-week Music Festival, which runs to July 29.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: The Lottery Winners
It’s July which means only one thing. That’s right, it’s this month’s The Northern Soul Podcast.
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Read the full story..Food Review: Mr White’s English Chophouse, Manchester
Manchester city centre already has its fair share of Chop Houses what with Sam’s, Mr Thomas’s and the Albert Square one, but Mr White’s English Chophouse is a different proposition unrelated to them.
Read the full story..Book Review: Rough Guides to The Lake District; Western Europe
It’s hard to believe that Rough Guides have been with us since 1982.
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