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Head for the Hills 2017 (Ramsbottom Festival): a film by Northern Soul
Ah, Rammy. Previously the Ramsbottom Festival, Head for the Hills is one of the loveliest, yummiest festivals in the world ever.
Read the full story..Wild Rumpus: doing things differently on the festival scene
Sarah Bird, co-director of festival producer Wild Rumpus, shares the philosophy behind seven Northern festivals and how they are doing things differently through collaboration.
Read the full story..Film: The Slow Readers Club chat to Northern Soul
It’s been a stonker of a year for The Slow Readers Club.
Read the full story..Northern Soul chats to arch-drude, Julian Cope
Ah, Julian Cope, arch-drude and all-round bluddy fantastic musician.
Read the full story..Review: Ramsbottom Festival 2016, Lancashire
Several years ago, I schlepped from festival to festival with my performance poet boyfriend who was performing at each one. My memory is one of wet tents, horrid Portaloos and fairly awful poetry.
Read the full story..Ramsbottom Festival: the Northern Soul out-takes
The fifth Ramsbottom Festival was a humdinger – and we liked it so much we made a film.
Read the full story..Ramsbottom Festival: A Short Film by Northern Soul
The fifth Ramsbottom Festival was an absolute corker.
Read the full story..The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt talks to Northern Soul
“I smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, bite my fingernails and for seven barely tolerable years, I was a pescatarian. However, I haven’t smoked cannabis or owned a television for almost ten years, and can’t help but wonder whether the two are related. I have never taken a Class A drug, I don’t do ‘shots’ and at the age of 40 I swore off ever again wearing a pair of shoes that could be described as ‘sportswear’.
Read the full story..Ramsbottom Festival: Northern Soul fills its musical boots
Northern Soul was out in force at this year’s Ramsbottom Festival. So, in the spirit of an event that has something for everyone, we offer you three different perspectives on the summer’s final festival.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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- Book Review: This Is How We Come Back Stronger – Feminist Writers on Turning Crisis into Change
- Image Gallery: Jade Magenta Williams, A Smart Price way of life, PAPER, Manchester
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Instagram filters were not the first tool used to distort and manipulate the female form. A new online exhibition by Newcastle’s @Discovery_Mus charts how women’s bodies have been artificially changed from the Victorian period to the 2000s. @TWArchives northernsoul.me.uk/image-gall… pic.twitter.com/0gTwKHaQBx