‘notes that cut a crystal path through me and into my broken heart’ 6 Music Festival
I’m in love with Carl, the photographer I’ve brought to the 6 Music Festival. In a really...
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Tag: Cathy Crabb
Theatre Review: The House with Chicken Legs, HOME, Manchester
Untruths unveiled, reckless actions and distancing yourself from your carer, it’s all part of adolescence. But top this with chores such as making fences out of human bones and learning how to guide souls into the afterlife with...
Read MorePoetry Review: Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry
While reading Emily Berry’s new poetry collection Unexhausted Time, I am reminded of those moments when a less than lucid mind sparks fresh perspectives on intrusive thoughts. The dark and pungent soil of experience is raked...
Read MoreBook Review: Daring to Hope – A Memoir of the 1970s by Sheila Rowbotham
Three weeks ago, I became a grandmother to little girl called Emerald Green. I keep saying it’s wonderful but, truthfully, I’ve been unnerved by her. Almost immediately, my mind got busy mapping out all the dark corners and...
Read MoreTheatre Review: I Won’t Go Back To Sleep Now, HOME, Manchester
I’ve just shared a moment with a woman outside Manchester’s HOME. We were both sat in our coats at distant tables amid a throng of people in their bubble groups drinking and fagging it. She was a similar age to me,...
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