Author: Emma Yates-Badley
Theatre Review – Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters, Royal Exchange, Manchester
When I heard about writer and performer Rachel Mars’ one woman show, Your Sexts Are Shit: Older and Better Letters, I was expecting an hour of laughs and covering my mouth in mock horror. I wasn’t expecting to feel moved.
It’s great scran: Northern Soul eats the city on a Scranchester Tour
Getting Housemate out of bed on a Saturday morning is often an impossible task. But she’s up bright and early (well, she’s on time) to Eat the City with Manchester-based Scranchester Tours.
Book Review: The Sisterhood – A Love Letter to the Women Who Have Shaped Me by Daisy Buchanan
I don’t have sisters. I’m the youngest of two children and, much to my dismay (and eternal torture), the only girl in my family.
Book Review: Julie Hesmondhalgh – A Working Diary
Have you ever read a book and thought, ‘wow, this came at exactly the right time?’
Theatre Review: Mother Courage and Her Children, Royal Exchange, Manchester
“The thing about Brecht,” says Housemate, “is you’re not supposed to feel empathy towards the characters.”
Young readers: ten books to make you think about the world
How do young people make sense of the world and its complexities? Fiona Shaw, author and senior lecturer at Northumbria University, shares a range of thought-provoking and engaging novels for enquiring minds.
Book Review – Bess: Now That I Have Found the Words by Rose Thomas
There’s something about train journeys that make me daydream.
Gillette: why are people so angry?
Sometimes I feel like I live in a parallel universe.
Northern Soul is still doing RED January 2019
It’s January. The weather is rubbish, the piggy bank is empty and we’re all feeling a little bit sluggish. It can also be the time of year where our mental health needs some TLC. Northern Soul’s Emma Yates-Badley has registered for RED January 2019, a community initiative that encourages people to support their mental health by doing something active every single day. Emma will be writing about her experience in a weekly blog. In partnership with independent mental health charity, Mind, RED January can provide a focus in a characteristically tough month, empowering you to start the year as you mean to go on.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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The Northern Soul Poll
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