Author: Chris Payne
Review: U2 – Innocence + Experience Tour 2018, Manchester Arena
U2 rolled into town as part of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and turned Manchester Arena into the smallest large venue around.
Read the full story..“People don’t have enough decent conversations nowadays.” Craig Parkinson talks acting, podcasts and the human condition
For three seasons of Line of Duty, Craig Parkinson played one of the most obnoxious characters on British telly.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Just So Festival, Rode Hall, Cheshire
Now in its ninth year, Just So Festival, an annual festival for children and their families, returned to Rode Hall in Cheshire earlier this month.
Read the full story..Smiths drummer Mike Joyce talks to Northern Soul at Salford Lads Club
Archie Swift installed our oven when we came back to Manchester.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Manchester Together with One Voice, Albert Square
Our Head Photographer Chris Payne was at the Manchester Together concert in Manchester’s Albert Square this week.
Read the full story..“If words aren’t spoken or written, they start to become less relevant.” The Lost Words: Seek, Find, Speak
“Heather? You’re kidding me!”
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Manchester Cathedral
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne heads to Manchester Cathedral and takes some atmospheric snaps of the historic and beautiful building.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery and Review: Everything Everything, O2 Apollo, Manchester
Everything Everything performed to a packed O2 Apollo in Manchester proving, once again, that they are one of the most consistently compelling and unsettling bands around.
Read the full story..Photo gallery: Northern Birds
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne, braves the blustery January weather and heads out and about to take some beautiful images of Northern birds – and one extremely friendly horse.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Northern Soul visits Hogwarts at Manchester Central Library
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne – along with witches, wizards and other muggles – spent the weekend in a magical world at Manchester’s Central Library.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- Book Review: Lairies by Steve Hollyman
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
- Review: Grayson Perry’s Art Club, Manchester Art Gallery
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