When you’re born and bred Yorkshire, there’s something very satisfying about watching a play where the characters have strong Yorkshire accents. So I surprised myself during the opening scenes of Northern...
Read More‘We have to shout poetry from the rooftops, revolution is in poetry.’ I am sitting in Manchester’s Malmaison hotel bar, uncharacteristically early and very nervous. I’ve been on the train for two hours in order to slot in a half...
Read MoreI’ve never been a fan of farce. In my head, farce equates to pouty-lipped Ooooooooh Vicar quips, buxom women ‘accidentally’ losing their clothes and a great deal of cringe-worthy sexual innuendo. In fact, I’ve always thought of...
Read MoreIt’s nearly Christmas….and to celebrate Northern Soul’s Poetry Correspondent Wendy Pratt has written a beautiful poem in response to our North Yorkshire Photographer’s Winter Walk image, taken between...
Read MoreNorthern Soul’s Poetry Correspondent, Wendy Pratt, talks to singer/songwriter Kathryn Williams about Hypoxia, an album written to mark the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Williams will be performing...
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