Where does the urge to conceal our origins come from? Poet Charlotte Shevchenko Knight writes for Northern Soul
Poets don’t often talk about how they first found poetry. Like me, they might say that they began...
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‘I dreamed of being an artist or a poet or a bum’ Author Jeff Young writes for Northern Soul
Liverpool author Jeff Young, who was shortlisted for a Costa Award, writes for Northern Soul about...
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Book Review: Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
Writing a pop song is more difficult than it looks. Compressing the poetic with the melodic in...
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Tales of a small mountain: Loughrigg in the Lakes
For many visitors to the Lakes, their favourite mountain is Loughrigg. For the people who live...
Read MoreBook Review: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
This year marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution. In the third of a series of articles for Northern Soul, Alfred Searls explores how 1917 – and the Soviet society which developed in its shadow – has been...
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