Monthly Archives: February 2019
Travel: Northern Soul spends a month in Extremadura, Spain
At the end of 2018, I swapped cold, damp Manchester for the cold but dry climes of Hoyos in the Sierra de Gata, Extremadura in the middle of Spain and just 15 minutes from Portugal.
Read the full story..Food Review: Cosy Club, Corn Exchange, Manchester
I remember it like it was yesterday.
Read the full story..Slide into February with 4 x Snow Park passes at Chill Factore in Manchester
Slide into February with 4 x Snow Park passes at Chill Factore.
Read the full story..Win two tickets (and a bottle of prosecco) to The Stretch at Manchester’s 53two
Win two tickets (and a bottle of prosecco) to The Stretch at Manchester’s 53two.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: SparkPlug, HOME, Manchester
As a self-proclaimed ‘launchpad for new talent’, Manchester-based Box Of Tricks pride themselves on championing the next generation of playwrights, commissioning and developing “bold and original new plays from the most exciting new voices”.
Read the full story..Review: The Oakfield, Chester Zoo
There are many things to be spied at Chester Zoo. Some are majestic – a lioness roaring, or a male orangutan lumbering around his enclosure – and others are merely predictable.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Billionaire Boy – The Musical, The Lowry, Salford
Whenever two or three children’s authors are gathered together, they tend to start bitching about David Walliams.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Foreign Trade – A celebration of queer migration, The Gallery of Liverpool
On March 1, a new month-long exhibition opens at The Gallery Liverpool.
Read the full story..Review: Yoko Ono, Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University
As we head back to Saddleworth after our visit to Leeds Arts University’s new building at Blenheim Walk, I tell someone off on the train and my daughter is pleased with that at least.
Read the full story..Trailblazing: the UK’s first LGBT retirement community will be in Manchester
“I think there has been some nervousness from some as to how it will be received,” says Councillor Bev Craig about the LGBT retirement community due to open in Manchester in 2020.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Brute Strength: Why Our Northern Concrete is Worth Keeping
- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- Book Review: Lairies by Steve Hollyman
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
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