Monthly Archives: November 2019
Theatre Review: The Wizard of Oz, Leeds Playhouse
“That’s great entertainment,” said the father of arguably the Best Baddie in Britain as we chatted after the show.
Read the full story..Exhibition Review: Strip! How Football Got Shirty, National Football Museum, Manchester
Much like my recent attempt at bowling with the Editor of Northern Soul, I failed miserably at ‘guess the football shirt from the 1891/2 season’ at the National Football Museum’s new exhibition.
Read the full story..Review: Tom Gates Live on Stage!, Manchester Opera House
For several years now, the Tom Gates books by Liz Pichon have been all the rage in primary schools across the land.
Read the full story..Review: Understated – Celebrating the Creativity of Pete Shelley, The Turnpike, Leigh
It does him proud.
Read the full story..“The dark person is coming.” Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi talks to Northern Soul
Jennifer Makumbi’s father was a bank manager in Kampala. It was 1978, at the height of Idi Amin’s reign of terror, when her family’s lives were changed forever.
Read the full story..Win tickets to see RNCM Opera’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites
Win tickets to see RNCM Opera’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites.
Read the full story..Fancy a pint? Microbreweries in the North of England
There’s no doubt that Brits love beer. After all, what’s better than a nice cold beer at the end of a long day?
Read the full story..Castle Howard at Christmas: A Christmas Masquerade
Castle Howard is a magnificent 300-year-old stately home sitting among rolling hills just outside of York.
Read the full story..Review: The Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinü, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
Saturday night was going to be big.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Bull and Bear, Stock Exchange Hotel, Manchester
Tom Kerridge’s new restaurant at the Stock Exchange Hotel, The Bull and Bear (geddit??) is a step change in Manchester food.
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