Articles relating to: poetry
Review: Faustus – Cotton Lords, Central Library, Manchester
As Manchester-born Simon Rennie, chief investigator for The Poetry Of The Lancashire Cotton Famine project, pointed out at the start of this show, if you want to know about the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861 to 1865 then you can look in the history books (or here).
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.
Poetry Review: Nothing is Meant to be Broken by Mark Connors; Northern Lights by Harry Gallagher
If you’ve ever been to the city of York, you’ll no doubt have fallen in love with it, if not with the hen and stag nights.
Poetry: Empires of Clay by Becky Cherriman; All the Time in the World by Rebecca Gethin
You may not have heard of Cinnamon Press but it is one of those publishers quietly and diligently making a difference in the publishing world.
“I am currently quietly eating an almond slice in Coventry with my notepad.” Tim Key chats to Northern Soul
You know Tim Key, even if you think you don’t.
Review: Love, Loss and Chianti, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
If anyone was going to bring the sharp, erudite poetry of Christopher Reid to life in a stage adaptation of The Scattering and The Song of Lunch, it would be Robert Bathurst. He revels in the opportunity to extract the precise, elegant language of Reid’s work, and rolls it over his own tongue like butter off a silver spoon.
The Northern Soul Christmas Poem: Snow Day
It’s nearly Christmas…and to celebrate Northern Soul‘s Poetry Correspondent Wendy Pratt has written another stunning poem in response to our North Yorkshire Photographer’s Snow Day image.
Review: Jackie Kay and Ali Smith, Manchester Literature Festival
I can’t think of a better twosome to round off this year’s Manchester Literature Festival than Jackie Kay and Ali Smith.
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