Fairytales are everywhere at the moment – not that they’ve been away – but we’ve become rather obsessed of late. From Neil Gaiman’s retelling of Sleeping Beauty (The Sleeper And The Spindle) to Frank Cottrell Boyce’s recent Red...
Read MoreFolk used to be the preserve of beardy blokes in Arran sweaters singing about nautical disasters. Now the likes of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow are reclaiming our nation’s traditional music for a new generation....
Read MoreIf your life depended on it, could you explain who the Tolpuddle Martyrs were? Perhaps in the recesses of your mind you remember a sleepy school history lesson which expounded the importance of this small group of men living in...
Read MoreKate Rusby is something of a legend, which is some going for someone who is the same age as I am (39, since you ask). Occasionally known as the Barnsley Nightingale, Rusby has been described as the “first lady of young...
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