Book Review: The Book of Sheffield
Twenty-five years ago, Sheffield was mine. I watched its football, I drank its beer, and when I’d...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Feb 10, 2020 | Authors & Reviews, Blasts from the Furnace, Books, Northern Soul writes...
Twenty-five years ago, Sheffield was mine. I watched its football, I drank its beer, and when I’d...
Read MorePosted by Helen Nugent | Dec 29, 2019 | Books
As we approach the end of 2019 (and the beginning of another decade) it’s tricky to remain...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Nov 29, 2019 | Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre
Regular Everyman panto-goers could be forgiven for thinking they’re stranded in an endlessly...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Aug 8, 2019 | Blasts from the Furnace, Books, Northern Soul writes..., Talks & Debates
British culture can offer few positions more indicative of popular, mainstream acceptance than an...
Read MorePosted by Damon Fairclough | Jun 24, 2019 | Arts, Blasts from the Furnace, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre
Like at least 50,000 other Liverpudlians, the writer Ian Salmon recently went on an impromptu...
Read More“If there’s one young person in the audience who’s learning to play the trumpet, that makes everything worth it." Trumpet soloist Matilda Lloyd on arias, performing up North and The Northern Aldborough Festival. northernsoul.me.uk/matilda-ll… @NorthernAldboro @matildalloydtpt pic.twitter.com/2pOPxEp2dQ
"an act of emancipation on behalf of all those who are slave to the algorithm" Northern Soul's Desmond Bullen sees Screen Time at Saan1 gallery space in Manchester's Northern Quarter. northernsoul.me.uk/morys-davi… @saan1mcr #northernquarter #art pic.twitter.com/JFWeI1aBfT
“I’ve seen in thought the Soul go up, and have written my heart’s blood into the score.” Alfred Searls reviews The Dream of Gerontius, The Hallé, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester northernsoul.me.uk/gerontius-… #halle #elgar pic.twitter.com/GE3XTeClah
Ah, lovely Port Sunlight on the Wirral. Did you know that the village is home to more than 900 Grade II listed buildings set in 130 acres of parkland and gardens? @PortSunlight pic.twitter.com/6L5UzGaBI8
"Lear is an all-you-can-eat buffet of a character, perfect for an actor like Mackie." Cathy Crabb chats to Christine Mackie about Lear, now at at Hope Mill, Manchester northernsoul.me.uk/christine-… @hopemilltheatre @productions_her pic.twitter.com/msEZ9jSvez