Landscapes, land, and the need for a political debate on how we use our countryside
Last time I looked they were still there, rusting metal posts beside a quiet country road near...
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‘When surveyors tried to plot the direction of the new line, they were shot at’
Set in 1829, a new children’s book called Wrong Tracks centres on Edward Entwistle, a...
Read MoreMayflies Over Manchester: Andrew O’Hagan writes for Northern Soul
‘There are children playing in the street.’ That is the first stage direction for the first scene of a new television serial aired on December 9, 1960, Coronation Street. There’s a sort of haunting quality to that period of...
Read MoreNorthern noir: crime author M.W. Craven talks to Northern Soul
Morse, Vera, Poirot and, um, Kojak. The titles given to fictional detectives are as recognisable as the back of a crime-lover’s hand. But few, if any, have Donald Trump to thank for the genesis of their name – unless...
Read MoreMy Space: Nicola Mostyn, author
In a series of articles, Northern Soul’s Phil Pearson talks to all manner of fascinating folk about the room they use to write in, paint in, and do all things creative. This week it’s author Nicola Mostyn. Being a writer is...
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