The People’s Stage: bidding for City of Culture at Blackpool Opera House
The Tower has always been a compass, pointing North with something of the same self-assurance that...
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Category: Bands & Gigs
Wellies, Beethoven and Mary Poppins: Sir Stephen Hough at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
At the Sir Stephen Hough piano recital at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, I noticed a man in...
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Magic in Manchester as ENO performs Così fan tutte at The Bridgewater Hall
What’s that you say? You don’t know much about opera and you don’t think it’s for you? Well, let...
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Time to stare at the skies in wonder: Doves, Sheffield Octagon
Lost Souls, the debut album by Cheshire trio Doves, was released 25 years ago. That quarter of a...
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‘manic, generous and utterly alive’ Stereo MC’s, O2 Ritz, Manchester
Returning to Manchester’s O2 Ritz after more than two decades carries its own charge. The...
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