Monthly Archives: January 2022
Exhibition: Northern Lights – New Light, a 10-year retrospective, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
A new retrospective exhibition, Northern Lights – New Light, a 10-year retrospective, will be unveiled at Saul Hay Gallery in Manchester on March 26, 2022.
Read the full story..Into the Zone: Nick Blackburn writes about his debut memoir, The Reactor
Last year, I used to come home to the North. This year I’m working in London mostly, and I miss it.
Read the full story..Book Review: The Stasi Poetry Circle by Philip Oltermann
If the past is, in L.P. Hartley’s endlessly quoted observation, a foreign country, then how much more disorientating must it be to attempt to find one’s bearings doubly lost, adrift both in the past and a foreign country?
Read the full story..Exhibition: Starscapes / Reflections, Inspired by… gallery, North York Moors National Park
While artificial light may have transformed life on Earth, it has also had a detrimental effect on nature and our health.
Read the full story..Book Club: Northern Soul’s Right Good Reads
At Northern Soul, we can often be found with our nose buried in a book. As a team, we are notorious bookworms and are passionate about championing all things literary.
Read the full story..“An enduring and unique legacy.” Jason Wood writes about Derek Jarman ahead of a retrospective at Manchester’s HOME
Jarman at HOME is part of a collaboration with Manchester Art Gallery and its Protest! exhibition. Ahead of launch at the end of January, Jason Wood, artistic director: film & culture at HOME (soon to be executive director public programmes and audiences at the BFI), writes for Northern Soul about the extraordinary legacy of Derek Jarman.
Read the full story..Book Review: Earthshot – How to Save Our Planet by Colin Butfield and Jonnie Hughes
We’re at the start of a critical decade that will determine the future of our planet.
Read the full story..Exhibitions: The Port and Migrations / Global Encounters, Tate Liverpool
In February 2022, Tate Liverpool will unveil two new displays of works from the Tate collection which consider the impact of the global movement of people on artists and art movements throughout the 20th century and beyond.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: New Dawn, Knowsley
Knowsley is kicking off its year as the Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture with New Dawn, a spectacular programme of light installations.
Read the full story..Exhibition: People’s History Museum’s 2022 Banner Exhibition, Manchester
The People’s History Museum (PHM) in Manchester is preparing to launch its Banner Exhibition for 2022.
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