Coming home
When I came back to the North, there was a sense of starting again.
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What’s on in September: Comedy in Manchester
It’s September, so dust off your satchel, sharpen your pencils and straighten that tie…no wait, that’s school, isn’t it? Wrong one. Forget that. You don’t need any of those things to take in the...
Read MoreUnderneath the Arches: 53two’s Simon Naylor talks about feminism and fringe productions
Manchester is thriving with creativity. Nevertheless, it is daunting to set up a new venue, whether its focus is art, music or theatre. Thankfully, as it heads for its first anniversary, one of the newest theatrical initiatives...
Read More“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big whirlwind.” Belinda Carlisle talks to Northern Soul
Look away now if you don’t want to feel old: it’s been 30 years since the recording of power-pop anthem Heaven Is A Place On Earth. I bet you’re humming it in your head now. And it was this record that...
Read MoreSuzanne Vega: “The audience comes, thinking of their own memories”
When I wore out my Suzanne Vega cassettes in the 1980s, playing them over and over again, never in my wildest dreams did I think that, one day, I’d be explaining builder’s tea to my musical hero. But earlier this...
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