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Online Event: North vs South – is mainstream media biased against the North? #ThisIsTheNorth Convention 2020
We’re delighted to announce that Northern Soul is the Media Partner for the #ThisIsTheNorth Convention 2020 hosted by The People’s Powerhouse.
Read the full story..What are you listening to in lockdown? Here are our Northern Bangers
In a world where our physical boundaries have contracted, it’s more important than ever to expand our inner horizons. With this in mind, we asked our writers and friends for their top Northern tunes.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Northern Images
The team at Northern Soul are practising social distancing and working from the safety of their homes, but that hasn’t stopped us wanting to celebrate our beautiful region.
Read the full story..TV: Bingeworthy Northern Box Sets
With most of the country confined to barracks, we’re all on the hunt for distractions and I’m no exception. Yesterday I cleaned the cat flap.
Read the full story..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.
Read the full story..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.
Read the full story..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.
Read the full story..Chips ‘n’ Gravy: “I am proud to call Manchester my home”
Writing for Northern Soul seems particularly pertinent today.
Read the full story..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.
Read the full story..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.
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