When I first picked up Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive, I never anticipated how much it would change my life. Let me share the extract that made me realise that it’s OK not to be OK. “Depression is also smaller than you,”...
Read More“I want to be a woman who knows the difference between Jane Austen and Ethel Austin.” Presented by The Dukes and New Vic Theatre, Educating Rita, starring Andrew Pollard as Frank and Lauryn Redding as Rita, is another triumph...
Read MoreThe Dukes’ annual festive performance has arrived, and this year it’s the magical tale of Aladdin. Although many of us know the tale of Aladdin, The Dukes does what it does best and presents the audience with a clean...
Read More“Believe it or not, I’ve only ever watched up to season four of The Walking Dead,” Charlie Adlard admits to Northern Soul. For those of you unfamiliar with Adlard, he is best known as the illustrator behind the apocalyptic...
Read MoreWhat a night! Never before have I sat in a library swigging wine out of the bottle all the while laughing until my ribs actually ached.This Manchester Literature Festival event was by far the most amount of fun I’ve ever had in...
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