Author: Chris Payne
Photo Gallery: Material World
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne checks out the textile stalls at Bury Market and takes some colourful snaps to brighten up gloomy March.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: A Little Bit Cheesy
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne checks out the cheese stalls at Bury Market and takes some mouth-watering snaps. Pass the brie, please.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery – Sir Ian McKellen opens Never Going Underground: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights, People’s History Museum
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne, was one of two photographers at the opening of Never Going Underground. He captured images of Sir Ian McKellen as he launched the exhibition at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: You shall have a fishy (on a little dishy) at Bury Market
The boat has certainly come in by the look of these colourful images taken by Northern Soul’s Head Photographer, Chris Payne, as he takes a trip around the fish stalls at (world famous) Bury Market.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Sounds of the North
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne captures the North’s love affair with music in a series of atmospheric snaps.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Sweets, Glorious Sweets at Bury Market
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne takes a trip round Bury Market and snaps gorgeous images of delectable sweet treats.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Fruit and Vegetable stalls bursting with colour at Bury Market
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne takes a trip around Bury Market and takes photographs of stalls bright and bursting with delicious fruit and vegetables.
Read the full story..Review: The Winter Gathering, London Road Fire Station, Manchester
I have to be honest. I had my doubts about The Winter Gathering at Manchester’s London Road Fire Station. Too cool for school? Or was it going to be all overpriced sausages and tinsel-tinged knick-knacks? I needn’t have worried.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Goathland, North York Moors
Northern Soul‘s Chris Payne takes a trip through the North York Moors.
Read the full story..Where’s Whaley? From Manchester to North Shields to Amsterdam – and back again
As a young boy visiting my grandparents in Perthshire, I was told the story of a white rabbit which supposedly lived wild in a small glen just outside Gleneagles.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- “Red wine is about depth of flavour, tannins, feel and weight in the mouth.”
- “People are a lot more aware of local businesses.” The founders of Roastea talk to Northern Soul
- “We have a basket that’s 4,000 years old, but looks like you can buy it in B&Q.” Campbell Price, Egyptologist and curator at Manchester Museum
- “It’s given us the time to sit down and realise where we want to go with our music.” The Orielles chat to Northern Soul
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