Articles relating to: Bury
Review: The Clarence, Bury
Right. The tram from Manchester to Bury goes straight to Bury town centre. It takes around 30 minutes. Easy. You have no excuses. End of. Good? Okay. Let’s begin.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Bury Market
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne takes lots of lovely photos in Bury Market, Lancashire. Warning: don’t look at these pics if you’re peckish.
Read the full story..The Lost Carnival: a family arts experience in Bury
When Sarah Bird and Rowan Hoban met at a Macclesfield book club in 2008, they discovered a mutual passion for storytelling and family arts events alongside a shared experience of attending festivals with their families where the offer was often a disappointing, poor quality add-on.
Read the full story..Bona to Vada your Dolly Old Eek!
Susan Lord, co-curator of a new exhibition about Polari at Bury Art Museum, writes for Northern Soul about the genesis of the project, its ground-breaking work and the importance of preserving the language for the gay community.
Read the full story..Bury Art Gallery: bold, beautiful and brilliant
There is a painting hanging in Bury Art Museum which, once seen, is never forgotten.
Read the full story..Jonny & The Baptists
I caught Jonny & The Baptists‘ show last year at the Edinburgh Fringe when I was on the panel of the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.
Read the full story..Strength, stoicism and sea fret: The Once talk to Northern Soul
Today I came across an extraordinary song written by a musician from Newfoundland called Wince Coles.
Read the full story..Martha Tilston, Parenthood and Wagamama
Speaking over the phone from her home in Cornwall, Martha Tilston commences the interview by ushering her two small daughters away. Music is marbled right through Tilston’s family.
Read the full story..Mark Radcliffe gets back to his roots
Mark Radcliffe‘s self-confessed career highlight came in 2006 when he won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes with a suspiciously Cornish-sounding Shane MacGowan.
Read the full story..Northern Soul talks to the brains behind the Ramsbottom Festival
I once described the Ramsbottom Festival as a “real humdinger“. This came back to haunt me when I spotted the quote on this year’s marketing material.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- Book Review: Lairies by Steve Hollyman
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
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