Articles relating to: Michelle Nicholson
Film Review: Queen & Slim
“Why do black people always have to be excellent? Why can’t we be normal?”
Read the full story..Exhibition Review: Strip! How Football Got Shirty, National Football Museum, Manchester
Much like my recent attempt at bowling with the Editor of Northern Soul, I failed miserably at ‘guess the football shirt from the 1891/2 season’ at the National Football Museum’s new exhibition.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Getting the Third Degree, Salford Arts Theatre
In a first for Northern Soul, three of my interests have combined in one night: theatre, soul music and football.
Read the full story..Music Review: Janelle Monáe, Manchester International Festival 2019
“I have total trouser envy!” said my friend Erin, aged 11 and three-quarters.
Read the full story..Review: Football Writing Festival, National Football Museum, Manchester
I love being in a museum when it’s closed – there’s all manner of weird sights and sounds after hours.
Read the full story..Review: The Women’s Football Conference, National Football Museum, Manchester
When I was little, I played football for my primary school in North London.
Read the full story..Northern Soul heads to the Leesa North West Football Awards 2017
When the shiny invitation to the Leesa North West Football Awards dropped on the mat at Northern Soul Towers, I stepped forward.
Read the full story..Review: Bittersweet: Legacies of Slavery and Abolition in Manchester, Portico Library
Bittersweet, the latest exhibition from The Portico Library, looks at the abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates in Manchester and the discussions that were taking place at the time.
Read the full story..“There’s more to life than football” Northern Soul meets Phil Neville at Cafe Football
Hotel Football and its new sibling Cafe Football are a marketing executive’s dream: a hospitality project backed by real life legendary Manchester footballers with football in the title and football memorabilia.
Read the full story..Review: Lucha Libre, Albert Hall, Manchester
It’s not every day you see Manchester’s Albert Hall transform itself into a retro Mexican wrestling ring, complete with Mexican street food and drinks.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- “The need for us is still there.” Junior Akinola, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Manchester’s Contact Theatre
- Brute Strength: Why Our Northern Concrete is Worth Keeping
- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
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