Thought for the Day: “There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.” - Jeanette Winterson

Poem for the Weekend: Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guide…

Thought for the Day: “Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark...In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed." - Germaine Greer

“Peddle harder Aunty Helen, peddle harder!” shouted Scout. “I’m trying, I’m trying!” I screamed back. The Editor of Northern Soul, Helen Nugent, takes her niece to LEGOLAND. northernsoul.me.uk/review-leg… #LEGO pic.twitter.com/G4QphL28wT

Good News in Focus: this week, in partnership with The People's Powerhouse, we chat to @BackonTrackMcr, a charity that enables disadvantaged adults to make lasting, positive changes in their lives. @PeoplesPowerhse northernsoul.me.uk/good-news-… pic.twitter.com/Pj1Sv2QYkM