At the turn of the 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, my school English class had a debate. It was an age of genuine nuclear terror – we had a much-thumbed copy of the terrifyingly deadpan civil defence leaflet Protect and...
Read MoreHurrah! It’s the September Northern Soul Podcast. In Laura Brown’s second podcast for Northern Soul, she delves into the wonderful and fantastic world of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, taking place...
Read MoreSome good and bad news this month…. The good news is that it’s time for the Northern Soul Podcast. Lucy McNamara chats to author Paul Du Noyer who, for more than 30 years, was also a music journalist. His...
Read MoreLiverpool feels like it’s on the cusp of change, the growth of grassroots movements, of shifting and changing sands, this explosion in the number of micro businesses. It’s exciting, it’s also a little...
Read MoreThere really was nowhere quite like the Kazimier. If it had only been the best venue in which to see a band that I’ve visited in 35 years of gig going, that would surely have been accolade enough. And if that superlative gig...
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