Author: Karen Connolly
John Cooper Clarke: the Bard of Salford talks to Northern Soul
Not content with the success of his critically acclaimed UK tour of 2014, Dr John Cooper Clarke is back in his home town this weekend.
Read the full story..Review: Tampopo’s Pop Up Restaurant, Manchester
Tampopo has brought its signature brand of Pan Asian cuisine to Manchester’s Exchange Square. Karen Connolly takes her ‘hard to please’ 13-year-old son for lunch.
Read the full story..Northern Soul chats to John Bramwell from I Am Kloot
The Whisky Sessions, Manchester’s newest music festival, debuts at the Victoria Warehouse next month with I Am Kloot as a headliner. Karen Connolly reveals what else is in store and chats to Kloot frontman, John Bramwell.
Read the full story..The Mystical and Extraordinary Festival No.6
Karen Connolly – and likely the rest of Manchester – spent the weekend at a sun-soaked Festival No.6 where the magical village of Portmeirion played host to an eclectic mix of entertainers.
Read the full story..Grillstock: a vegetarian in a meat eater’s paradise
Vegetarian Karen Connolly joined thousands of carnivores at the second Grillstock Festival in Manchester.
Read the full story..Turtle Bay: a taste of the Caribbean comes to Manchester
Manchester’s first Caribbean restaurant is loud, lively and a place for, as Wiganer Karen Connolly might say, ‘a right rum do’.
Read the full story..Festival No.6 steps it up a gear
Karen Connolly gets all giddy over the updated line-up at this year’s Festival No. 6.
Read the full story..Lifting the lid on Festival No.6
Beck, London Grammar, Jimi Goodwin… Karen Connolly gets first dabs at this year’s Festival No.6 line-up, and there’s more to come.
Read the full story..Resplendent in neon orange skates
Karen Connolly get her skates on for a bit of festive fun at The Ice Rink at Selfridges, Manchester Trafford.
Read the full story..Lifting the Lid on The Wigan Kebab
In the first of a new series on traditional Northern scran by the Northern Soul team, Karen Connolly reminisces about The Wigan Kebab.
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The Northern Soul Christmas Charity Appeal: raising money for Alzheimer’s
The Northern Soul Christmas Charity Appeal: raising money for Alzheimer’s.
There are 23 amazing prizes on offer which you can win by bidding in our online auction.
Our two nominated charities are the Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK. They both do amazing work and we are hoping to raise lots of cash for them.
Go on, you know you want to!
The Northern Soul Christmas Charity Appeal: raising money for Alzheimer’s
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