Monthly Archives: June 2019
Food Review: Brunch at The Tea Room, Midland Hotel, Manchester
When the Northern Soul Editor was called away at the last minute, our willing Opera Correspondent stepped into her shoes and joined me for mid-morning brunch at Manchester’s Midland Hotel.
Hotel Review: Andaz London Liverpool Street
Hotels near airports or train stations can conjure up images of pokey rooms with a sad looking ironing board in the corner.
What’s On: The Hepworth Wakefield
Since opening its magnificent doors to the public in 2011, The Hepworth Wakefield has been at the forefront of supporting artists, as was its predecessor, The Wakefield Art Gallery.
Review: Aida, Opera North, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Of all the iconic Italian operas, I had yet to see Verdi’s Aida.
Theatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Bolton Octagon at Albert Halls
This is the most interesting production of The Importance of Being Earnest I have ever seen, and that includes David Suchet in drag as Lady Bracknell.
Blackburn’s National Festival of Making: designer Wayne Hemingway talks to Northern Soul
“I think young people genuinely understand that if you buy things from a small business, you are helping yourselves and your generation to do better than letting all the money go into the hands of the pension funds with dinosaur brands.”
Book Review – After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response, edited by Dan Bulley, Jenny Edkins and Nadine El-Enany
On June 14, 2017, a fire engulfed a tower block in West London. Seventy-two people lost their lives and hundreds of others were left injured, displaced and traumatised.
“She never compromised.” Writer Lisa Holdsworth on Andrea Dunbar, Adelle Stripe and a new play
So, here’s the thing. A brand-new stage project has drawn together three acclaimed female writers from Yorkshire.
Theatre Review: Cooped, Liverpool Playhouse
Cooped is something akin to the best bad am-dram theatre production you’ve ever seen.
Photo Gallery & Poetry: Mancunian poet Mike Garry’s tribute to the Arndale on its 40th anniversary
Can you believe it’s been 40 years since Manchester Arndale officially opened its doors?
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