Articles relating to: memoir
Book Review: The Reactor by Nick Blackburn
Reading is my way of making sense of the world around me.
Into the Zone: Nick Blackburn writes about his debut memoir, The Reactor
Last year, I used to come home to the North. This year I’m working in London mostly, and I miss it.
Book Review: Daring to Hope – A Memoir of the 1970s by Sheila Rowbotham
Three weeks ago, I became a grandmother to little girl called Emerald Green. I keep saying it’s wonderful but, truthfully, I’ve been unnerved by her.
Book Review: A Stinging Delight – A Memoir by David Storey
Throughout his memoir, A Stinging Delight, David Storey wrangles with a sense of loss that was hardwired into him before he was born.
Book Review: I Belong Here by Anita Sethi
In early summer 2019, Anita Sethi was sitting in a packed carriage on the TransPennine Express train from Liverpool to Newcastle when she was racially abused by a man who, among other abhorrent things, told her to “go back to where you are from”.
Headlines and Hedgerows: TV legend John Craven talks to Northern Soul
I know we all say it about the tele of our childhoods, but kids’ TV in the 70s really was special.
Book Review: Death and the Elephant by Raz Shaw
Julie Hesmondhalgh reviews Death and the Elephant for Northern Soul.
Review: The Rise, the Fall and the Rise by Brix Smith Start
When Brix Smith first arrived in Manchester back in May 1983, she experienced an almighty culture shock.
Alexei Sayle talks to Northern Soul
There’s a moment in Thatcher Stole My Trousers – Alexei Sayle’s new volume of memoirs covering his ascent to comedy stardom – in which he finally gets to pass through the doors of London’s Capital Radio for the first time.
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