“I’ve been dossing around. Well, I’ve been dossing for a bit but not most of the day.” So laughs Northern powerhouse Lisa Stansfield as the sun beats down on Manchester city centre. Anyone who was around in the late 80s and 90s...
Read MoreAs the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death draws closer (April 23 in case you didn’t know), every theatre in the land is doing its utmost to find a different angle with which to pay homage to the great wordsmith....
Read More“Water is the mosaic of the universe,” says artist Amy Sharrocks at the opening of her art installation, Museum of Water, held appropriately enough in a boat house on Lake Windermere. The Museum of Water, part of the Lakes...
Read More“This year we are bouncing back.” Joan Burnett, trustee of Liverpool Pride, means business. In 2015, the festival hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Due to a funding shortfall, much of it was cancelled as organisers...
Read MoreIt’s Summer 1980 and Bodie and Doyle of Professionals fame are stalking out potential bandits. OK, so I’m five-years-old and with my Dad but we’re armed with cap guns and we mean business. My job is to run across the...
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