Blasts from the Furnace
Reviews, features and hot air by Damon Fairclough, a writer based in Liverpool via a long lost Sheffield of the soul.
Review: i Shout For The Fall! – Pictures of Words by Mark E Smith, Bury Art Museum
Every Fall fan’s story has a different beginning, but sadly they all have the same ending.
Food Review: Peaberry Coffee House & Kitchen, Liverpool
Everyone agrees that saving Liverpool’s Albert Dock was A Good Thing.
Theatre Review: Those Two Weeks, Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight
For people in tragedy’s shadow, ‘normal’ life can seem like an irrecoverable paradise.
Big ideas, big jokes, big songs. Northern Soul talks to playwright Robert Farquhar about Peer Gynt
“I hate Peer Gynt. Why should we do it?”
Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman at Tate Liverpool: Northern Soul chats to curator Tamar Hemmes
I remember my first trip to Liverpool well.
Review: Ken’s Show, Tate Liverpool
It’s 30 years since I first came into contact with the work of Ken Simons at Tate Liverpool and I must have been witness to his handiwork many times since then.
Review: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
Only one record mattered to me in 1977.
Review: Baskerville, Liverpool Playhouse
Every generation, it seems, has its own Sherlock Holmes.
Musicals, Geordies and coming home: Northern Soul meets Sting
It always helps an interview along when you discover a family connection to the global mega-star sitting in front you.
John Piper at Tate Liverpool: Northern Soul chats to curator Darren Pih
There are many reasons to feel a surge of joy at the sight of the Liverpool skyline.
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