Author: Michelle Nicholson
Film Review: Queen & Slim
“Why do black people always have to be excellent? Why can’t we be normal?”
Exhibition Review: Strip! How Football Got Shirty, National Football Museum, Manchester
Much like my recent attempt at bowling with the Editor of Northern Soul, I failed miserably at ‘guess the football shirt from the 1891/2 season’ at the National Football Museum’s new exhibition.
Theatre Review: Getting the Third Degree, Salford Arts Theatre
In a first for Northern Soul, three of my interests have combined in one night: theatre, soul music and football.
Music Review: Janelle Monáe, Manchester International Festival 2019
“I have total trouser envy!” said my friend Erin, aged 11 and three-quarters.
Review: Football Writing Festival, National Football Museum, Manchester
I love being in a museum when it’s closed – there’s all manner of weird sights and sounds after hours.
Review: The Women’s Football Conference, National Football Museum, Manchester
When I was little, I played football for my primary school in North London.
Northern Soul heads to the Leesa North West Football Awards 2017
When the shiny invitation to the Leesa North West Football Awards dropped on the mat at Northern Soul Towers, I stepped forward.
Review: BBC Radio 2’s All Star Party, Manchester’s O2 Apollo
What would my 14-year-old self say? My most recent Saturday ‘big night out’ was spent with a 50-something gent at a 50th birthday party, with a playlist solely supplied by BBC Radio 2.
Review: Bittersweet: Legacies of Slavery and Abolition in Manchester, Portico Library
Bittersweet, the latest exhibition from The Portico Library, looks at the abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates in Manchester and the discussions that were taking place at the time.
“There’s more to life than football” Northern Soul meets Phil Neville at Cafe Football
Hotel Football and its new sibling Cafe Football are a marketing executive’s dream: a hospitality project backed by real life legendary Manchester footballers with football in the title and football memorabilia.
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