Scrooge on a scooter: A Christmas Carol, Bolton Octagon
Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t usually travel by scooter. For generations of Christmas Carol retellings,...
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Author: Helen Nugent
‘panto on acid’ The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Met, Bury
As I explain the plot of The Pied Piper of Hamelin to my 13-year-old niece, I watch her expression...
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Grace Darling, the UK’s first media celebrity
Grace Darling was the lighthouse keeper’s daughter on Longstone, one of the Farne Islands off the...
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‘an incredible literary community’ Manchester Literature Festival at 20
The first time I went to the Manchester Literature Festival, I bumped into Lady Antonia Fraser...
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‘I’ll be back’ Pip at Treehouse, Manchester
I moved house earlier this year. While my new place is what estate agents euphemistically refer to...
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