Desmond Bullen, Author at Northern Soul

Shining an artistic light on the North: the New Light Art Prize

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Apr 25, 2023 | Art, Arts

When talking about the New Light Art Prize, it’s necessary to place its importance into some...

It is, to pilfer the most shop-worn of footballing clichés, a game of two halves. For the opening...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Apr 12, 2023 | Heritage

It’s time that the tale was told. Not, on this occasion, the well-worn story of how a...

In a literary sense, at least, Eleanor Catton is adept at shedding her skin. Each of her three...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Apr 2, 2023 | Arts, Theatre

It’s the arts they come for first. Not just in the bright fictions of Ryan Murphy’s...