Monthly Archives: June 2019
Food Review: Tampopo, Albert Square, Manchester
I had been forewarned that my esteemed Editor and sometime luncheon companion was on Scout duty, the Brunette was two-timing me with another lunch date and the Blonde was at work, so it was to be dining solo.
Read the full story..Beyond the history: Peterloo exhibitions in Manchester
This summer Manchester will mark the anniversary of a public pro-democracy demonstration on August 16, 1819, and its now infamous and bloody response from the authorities.
Read the full story..Win tickets to Protest Music inspired by Peterloo 2019 at RNCM
Win tickets to RNCM and Manchester Histories present Protest Music inspired by Peterloo 2019.
Read the full story..Review: Lush Spa, Church Street, Liverpool
In the past, I was never an enormous fan of Lush.
Read the full story..Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories: Northern Soul talks to playwright Ian Salmon
Like at least 50,000 other Liverpudlians, the writer Ian Salmon recently went on an impromptu holiday to Madrid.
Read the full story..Film Review: In Fabric
Until now, British writer/director Peter Strickland has brought us films such as Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy which, while exquisitely and dazzling labours of love, were perhaps just a little too arch and knowing.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: The Bluetones, Fibbers, York
Northern Soul photographer Marc McGarraghy heads to see The Bluetones at Fibbers in York.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: RHS Botanical Illustration, The Gold Medal Winners by Charlotte Brooks
Fan of all things flora and fauna? Then why not take a look at this new release from ACC publishers called RHS Botanical Illustration, The Gold Medal Winners by Charlotte Brooks.
Read the full story..“You’re told that London is the centre of opportunity and it just isn’t.” Theatre Director Jake Murray talks to Northern Soul
There’s an eclectic mix of pictures on the walls of my house. Like many people, my home is my life writ large and among the mish-mash of Brontë quotes and self-deprecating swipes at my Northern heritage is a signed poster of the 1995 Manchester Royal Exchange production of Miss Julie.
Read the full story..Music Review: Parklife, Heaton Park, Manchester
The first time I went to Parklife I was 16-years-old.
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