Monthly Archives: November 2018
My Space: Ian Kershaw, writer
In a series of articles, Northern Soul’s Phil Pearson talks to all manner of fascinating folk about the room they use to write in, paint in, and do all things creative. This week it’s writer Ian Kershaw.
Book Review: A Version of the Truth by B.P. Walter
Appearances can be deceptive.
Travel – Hotel Review: Assembly London
Finding a hotel in the capital that strikes the right balance between comfort, location and price isn’t always easy.
Vlog – Northern Soul Outdoors: Malham, North Yorkshire
In a new series called Northern Soul Outdoors, Mike Dutson, the man behind the YouTube vlog Muddy Boots, puts on his walking shoes and takes us on a tour of brilliant hikes across the North of England.
Book Review: These Northern Types, edited by Oli Bentley
Ambitious in the best sense of the word, These Northern Types is nothing less than a frequently discursive disquisition on the nature of Northernness as unapologetically contrary as the North itself.
Review: Faustus – Cotton Lords, Central Library, Manchester
As Manchester-born Simon Rennie, chief investigator for The Poetry Of The Lancashire Cotton Famine project, pointed out at the start of this show, if you want to know about the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861 to 1865 then you can look in the history books (or here).
Theatre Review: The Maids, HOME, Manchester
Anyone buying tickets for The Maids on the basis of the advance publicity is in for a shock.
Review – Martin Parr: Return to Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery
Martin Parr has the subtle knack of locating the delightful in the mundane, the unlikely in the familiar, inviting us to look twice where we might long since have failed to notice.
Food Review: School for Scandal, Manchester
Sheridan’s classic 18th century stage comedy School for Scandal concerns a country squire’s daughter marrying into money and becoming embroiled in an elaborate web of vicious gossip cooked up by the wealthy folk she’s now hanging about with.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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The Northern Soul Poll
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