Bren O’Callaghan, co-curator of AL and AL’s new exhibition at HOME, writes about this major new show in Manchester. An agent for lost souls journeys to the land of the dead to free the spirit of a slain hip-hop...
Read MoreThe star-studded touring band which singer Fay Hield put together to help promote the English Folk Dance & Song Society’s ground-breaking Full English project, the brilliant, searchable database of British folk songs, tunes,...
Read MoreWin tickets to see Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the RNCM this Spring. Northern Soul has teamed up with the RNCM to offer five readers a pair of tickets to see Mozart’s Così fan tutte in March. First performed in 1790, Così fan...
Read MoreOne of the many fine and fascinating things about The Unthanks is how they manage to fearlessly represent the very epitome of the folk tradition yet at the same time are so extraordinarily adventurous. Their last album...
Read MoreAs an undergraduate at Manchester Metropolitan University (many moons ago) I opted for the intriguingly titled Modern Gothic module. It was here that I stumbled across 1997 Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things by...
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