Feasting on the Bard
There really is no finer way to spend a weekend than feasting on Shakespeare plays and this has been one hell of a memorable weekend gorging on the great man’s words. Four plays in 48 hours. The first, Kenneth...
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Mondrian at Tate Liverpool
There was the most spectacular thunderstorm when I went to visit the Mondrians at Tate Liverpool. The type that turns the sky slate grey and looms heavy in the air like the cloud bearing down on the ground. I was deep in thought...
Read MoreBanking on the Miller & Carter Steakhouse in Manchester
It was a blisteringly hot Manchester Day day when I went to the Miller & Carter Steakhouse with the editor of Northern Soul. I could see the crowds and the colourful floats wafting down Deansgate in the far distance. I was...
Read MoreAumbry and Great British Menu Chef Mary-Ellen McTague talks to Northern Soul
The smell emanating from the kitchen at Aumbry when I arrive on a damp, grey Manchester day almost defies description. Intense, powerful and meaty. I asked Mary-Ellen McTague what was cooking. Was it for the beef dripping? No,...
Read MoreLadies’ Day: an excuse for the press to trot out Northern stereotypes?
It is a day when women from Merseyside are encouraged to dress in their finest clothes and enjoy a day at the races. It’s Ladies’ Day. Yet the sophisticated image of the Grand National is far removed from the images...
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