During From Shore to Shore at Manchester’s Yang Sing restaurant, we are fed the tales and the sharing plates of Chinese food. A Chinese cast of seven play some 18 characters in the round, telling simple tales of the...
Read MoreAs we head back to Saddleworth after our visit to Leeds Arts University’s new building at Blenheim Walk, I tell someone off on the train and my daughter is pleased with that at least. Though when you’ve just experienced...
Read MoreLike big eyebrows, veganism is a surprising trend. Speaking as someone who has been vegetarian for many years and has drawn their eyebrows in since the goth days of yore, I didn’t think either would ever be embraced with such...
Read MoreI have to admit that when I saw the line-up for Cotton Clouds music festival in Saddleworth this year the only band I really fancied was Sister Sledge. I’m not saying the other acts weren’t superb – they were. I was...
Read MoreIn a new series, Northern Soul’s Cathy Crabb talks to working class creative people, some already established, some emerging, and some setting their stall out to create more work for others. This week it’s Roni Ellis,...
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