Author: Stephen Lucas
“They’ve taken me under their wing.” Chef Dane Smart talks about Manchester’s Molly House and its new menu
Dane Smart has come a long way since his pot-washing days at LadyBoy, a Thai restaurant in Melbourne.
Read the full story..“I’m not looking down or anything, I’m just looking across.” Jackie Hagan talks to Northern Soul ahead of DigiFest 2020
Review: North Yorkshire Moors Railway
It’s August 1 – Yorkshire Day – and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has re-opened following its COVID-19-induced hiatus.
Read the full story..Revisiting Wakefield Kids at The Hepworth: “Not everything has to be considered normal to be beautiful.”
The ripples from a 2017 fashion shoot involving more than 100 Yorkshire schoolchildren at The Hepworth Wakefield are still being felt today.
Read the full story..The Great Ordinary Show: Northern Soul talks to photographer Daniel Meadows
The ordinary and the everyday has been grist to celebrated photographer Daniel Meadows’ mill for 50 years.
Read the full story..Online Review: York, So Good They Named It Once, Harland Miller, York Art Gallery
If your sense of humour’s a wry one, you could do worse than watch a new film by homegrown and internationally renowned artist Harland Miller and hear his musings on growing up in North Yorkshire.
Read the full story..Takeaway Review: Fattoush, Liverpool
Lebanese café and eatery Fattoush in Liverpool deserves its five-star Tripadvisor ratings – and that’s coming from a regular who’s eaten in and ordered takeaways there for the past two years.
Read the full story..From shy teacher to international battle rapper, 63-year-old Joy France talks to Northern Soul
What would happen if you were a teacher and went rogue?
Read the full story..Kapow! There’s a new exhibition exploring the art of superheroes and villains at the Potteries Museum
Ever since Andy Warhol decreed that Batman was art, caped crusaders and villains have left trails of superhero boot prints over fashion, photography and design.
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