Big ideas, big jokes, big songs. Northern Soul talks to playwright Robert Farquhar about Peer Gynt
“I hate Peer Gynt. Why should we do it?” These aren’t my words. It’s the phrase that apparently...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Jun 10, 2018 | Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre
“I hate Peer Gynt. Why should we do it?” These aren’t my words. It’s the phrase that apparently...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | May 14, 2018 | Art, Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes...
I remember my first trip to Liverpool well. It was in the late 1980s and I recall seeing a...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Apr 7, 2018 | Art, Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes...
It’s 30 years since I first came into contact with the work of Ken Simons at Tate Liverpool and I...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Feb 3, 2018 | Bands & Gigs, Blasts from the Furnace, Music, Northern Soul writes...
Only one record mattered to me in 1977. Tightly coiled within the grooves of a treasured seven...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Dec 14, 2017 | Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre
Every generation, it seems, has its own Sherlock Holmes. For today’s app-happy screen-based oiks,...
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