Author: Charlie Bell

When Cotton Was King

Posted by Charlie Bell | Aug 3, 2013 | Arts, Heritage

Who had more cotton spindles turning than the combined cotton industries of France and Germany in...

Posted by Charlie Bell | Jul 16, 2013 | Arts, Theatre

“Fancy driving to Lancaster to see an outdoor performance in the park?” came the...

Posted by Charlie Bell | Jul 16, 2013 | Cinema

In March 1984, the Hellisey VE 503 fishing trawler capsized off the south coast of Iceland,...

Posted by Charlie Bell | Jul 16, 2013 | Arts, Theatre

I found myself at the home of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation at Chorlton Mill in the...

Posted by Charlie Bell | Jul 8, 2013 | Cinema

In his own introduction to the film, director Ben Wheatley describes A Field in England as...