Author: Desmond Bullen

Art Review: Béton by Olivia Turner, The Modernist, Manchester

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 21, 2022 | Art, Arts |

The 21st century is a mess, a car boot sale of the stylistic bric-a-brac of decades that are no...

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Film Review: The Blood on Satan’s Claw, HOME, Manchester

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 21, 2022 | Arts, Cinema |

Flourishing with all the pestilential vigour of an invasive species, the folk horror genre has...

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Review: Bombay Superstar, The Lowry, Salford

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 10, 2022 | Arts, Theatre |

It’s a good idea, one with the bright and elegant simplicity that marks out all the notions that...

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Book Review: Manchester Uncanny by Nicholas Royle

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

For the sake of argument, let’s agree that the short stories in an anthology are like the...

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Wythenshawe Hall reopens its doors six years after an arson attack

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Arts, Editor's Picks, Featured, Heritage |

Delayed out of deference to Monarchist sensitivities, and under the sardonic eye of the Republican...

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