Articles relating to: Emma Yates-Badley
Books: Best Northern Reads (Part One)
Where would we be right now without books? For all my enthusiasm to gobble up the latest series of Brooklyn Nine-Nine or bingewatch The Tiger King (if you haven’t given into the hype, then do so immediately), the only thing that quells my internal anxiety and settles my soul is reading. There’s something reassuring about the weight of a book in my hands and the steady back-and-forth of lines on the page. When we’re feeling clipped and stifled, books allow us to fly.
Read the full story..“Small steps can ultimately lead to big impacts.” Cumbria-based ethical skincare company Pure Lakes talks to Northern Soul
If there’s a sliver of good news during the current COVID-19 pandemic (and, good lord, we need some) it’s the decreasing air pollution and positive environmental impact caused by human beings, well, just staying at home.
Read the full story..Book launch (digital): You Never Told Me by Sarah Jasmon
Social media gets a bad rap.
Read the full story..Book Review: The Silence of Dogs in Cars by Martin Usborne
I am a dog fanatic.
Read the full story..Book Review: Feathertide by Beth Cartwright
The outside world is starting to feel increasingly like the beginning of a dystopian movie, what with the threat of a Coronavirus epidemic causing people to panic buy loo roll and don plastic boxes and carrier bags as makeshift hazmat masks.
Read the full story..“It’s important to talk about northern voices.” Portico Prize-winning author Jessica Andrews on class, gender and the north
I’ve long been fascinated with The Portico Library, which sits above the mildly rowdy Old Bank pub on Manchester’s Mosley Street.
Read the full story..Review: Lush Spa, Liverpool
I’m a fan of a good spa day but switching my brain off is tricky at the best of the times.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Wuthering Heights, Royal Exchange, Manchester
There are more adaptations of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights than you can shake a stick at.
Read the full story..Book Review: The Quarry by Ben Halls
Toxic masculinity has become a bit of a buzzword in recent months.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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