Monthly Archives: April 2019
“Progress will win.” Journalist and author Paul Mason talks to Northern Soul
Paul Mason’s latest book, Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being, comes in at 300 pages followed by 20 pages of notes then a delicious 36-page index (Marx and Marxism fills a page).
Photo Gallery: Two Minds – Art Exhibition and Print Sale, Whitworth Locke, Manchester
Did you know that one in four people will experience a mental health problem in any given year?
What’s on in May: Comedy in Manchester
May. The month of ribboned poles, bank holiday Mondays and comments like, “I had to put the fire on tonight, it were brass monkeys. I thought it was meant to be spring?”. Oh, and a truck load of comedy. Here you go.
Food Review: Stanley’s Bar and Grill, The Titanic Hotel, Liverpool
Foolhardy, perhaps, for an establishment called Titanic to describe anything as a launch.
Live at Leeds: we talk to Larkins, Slow Readers Club and Confidence Man
With a reputation for showcasing some of the UK’s best new musical talent and a whole host of other established bands, all against the backdrop of one of the North’s most dynamic and exciting cities, Live at Leeds has been entertaining festival-goers since 2007.
Escaping the clutches of the corporate world: There Be Giants
Roger Longden, founder of Bury-based company There be Giants, writes about his experience forming the UK’s leading OKR consultancy. OKR? Read on to find out more.
Theatre Review: Home, I’m Darling, The Lowry, Salford
Laura Wade’s Posh from 2010 was a riotous and righteous savaging of the English class divide.
Film Review: Charlie Bubbles, HOME, Manchester
More than half a century after its partial release, it’s difficult to prise Charlie Bubbles apart from the cultural resonances that have aggregated limpet-like to its slender framework over the intervening decades.
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 favourite…a weind.
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