Articles relating to: Northern
The Northern Soul Poem: What I Mean When I Say I’m a Northerner
Northernness isn’t easy to define. It’s intrinsic, bone-deep.
Photo Gallery: GinnelWatch – time to show us your ginnels!
We love a good ginnel at Northern Soul. But, depending on where you’re from, there are all sorts of words for what essentially amounts to an alleyway, including jennel, snicket, vennel, gennel, jitty, jetty and our new favourite…a weind.
Five Northern start-ups ready to take on The South
As someone who runs a start-up in The North, I know that there’s a lot of BS out there.
Chips ‘n’ Gravy: “I am proud to call Manchester my home”
Writing for Northern Soul seems particularly pertinent today.
Brass Bands: a Northern working class cliché?
Back in 1963, the celebrated dramatist Dennis Potter wrote a review for the Daily Herald about a play by Ron Watson called Man of Brass.
One year down, two to go…student life in London
I’ve officially finished my first year of university. The initial exams are behind me and the results are a looming source of anxiety that I’m pushing firmly to the back of my mind.
Aesthetic grit and fish & chips: Liz Foster Design
When I was at university in the early 1990s, I shared a flat with four girls studying at Glasgow School Of Art. I recall that a lot of alcohol was drunk and a great deal of inventively flavoured home-made bread was eaten.
An Ode to the North
An unfortunate flirtation with glandular fever left me bedbound for most of the Christmas holidays, meaning this Easter is the first time I’ve really spent time in Manchester since moving down South.
Food, glorious(ly cheap) food!
It’s no secret that life in the capital comes at a high cost. The student loan may be higher here, but it certainly doesn’t burn a hole in your pocket.
Life outside London: tech start-ups for one and all
We have an opportunity to build something new in the North, so can we not rely on a pale, male and stale stereotype?
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