Monthly Archives: December 2018
“The danger of this job is not late nights, cocaine and hookers, it’s pasties.” Justin Moorhouse talks to Northern Soul
“I’m a non-smoking, teetotal vegan so I couldn’t make myself any sadder really. If I got an allotment, that would finally tip me over the edge.”
Theatre Review: The Forest of Forgotten Discos, Hope Mill, Manchester
More the Forest of Forgotten Teddy Bears, I’d say, and just the place for a picnic.
Sounds Northern: Arran George
In a series called Sounds Northern, Paul Davies shines a spotlight on Northern musicians and bands to watch out for. This week it’s Arran George.
Theatre Review: Hansel & Gretel, Oldham Library
If I said this was Sondheim for kids you’d probably run a mile. But stop! Be not afeared!
Theatre Review: White, HOME, Manchester
I don’t want you to think that I’m losing my critical faculties but I’m about to write my second rave review in a week.
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.
Photo Gallery: Our Emmeline comes home
On December 14, 2018, thousands took to the streets of Manchester to take part in a tribute to ‘Our Emmeline’ as a statue of the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst was unveiled in her home city 100 years after women went to the polls for the first time in a UK General Election.
Theatre Review: The Grand Old Dame of York, York Theatre Royal
This year’s York Theatre Royal pantomime concerns the Motley family’s attempts to protect their mother Molly from the dastardly Les Miserable who means to knock her off as the last source of hilarity in a joyless kingdom, with only the help of the brave fairies of the Land of Lovely Thoughts to blah blah blah.
Theatre Review: Shivers, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
What is it that we love so much about being deliberately being scared?
Hotel Review: AC Hotel, Manchester City Centre
The hotel market in central Manchester is hugely competitive with both 3-star and 5-star offerings pretty much closed shops.
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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