“I just think everyone’s funny in the North” Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe… Live!!!
A hunched figure in a tatty suit slouches slowly towards the stage with a suitcase, grumbling and...
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Why I bloody love libraries: Henry Normal writes for Northern Soul
My favourite place in Manchester is the Central Library. To me, it is the very heart of the North West. The domed ceiling in the main reading room, with its high windows, gives it the air of a cathedral. A cathedral of learning,...
Read More“Writing is a lonely way of connecting with the world.” Author Bill Bryson talks about his new book and being an author
Interviewing Bill Bryson is a dangerous occupation, both in the preparation and the execution. I found this out the hard way while researching my chat with the multi-million selling author, and again when writing it up. ...
Read MoreStill waiting to be discovered: Lulu talks to Northern Soul
It’s difficult to recall a time when Lulu wasn’t around. Aged just 15 when she had her first hit in 1964, she has been a fixture of the entertainment business ever since. Forget Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon where you can link the...
Read MoreIt’s great scran: Northern Soul eats the city on a Scranchester Tour
Getting Housemate out of bed on a Saturday morning is often an impossible task. But she’s up bright and early (well, she’s on time) to Eat the City with Manchester-based Scranchester Tours. The brilliantly named company runs...
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