The Write Way
It all started with an email that went something like this: “hey krn do we need 2 bring any stuff wiv us tomoz for cls”. Allow me to clarify. I was hosting a workshop for a class of journalism students and this was...
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The Right Time To Roll
Del Amitri have announced their first tour in more than a decade. Karen Connolly talks to frontman, Justin Currie. There’s been a glut of rock and pop bands ‘getting back together’ over recent years. Some have seen renewed...
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‘Without teams like the Corinthians, would we have the Lionesses?’
There once was a team of incredible women from Manchester who flouted convention. They were the...
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If men had to deal with this, it would be cured by now…miscarriage
I was always sure of two things in my life. I wanted to be a mum and I wanted to have a successful...
Read MoreLifting the Lid on The Wigan Kebab
In the first of a new series on traditional Northern scran by the Northern Soul team, Karen Connolly reminisces about The Wigan Kebab. Raised in Wigan by an English mother and a Sicilian father, I was fortunate to enjoy a diet...
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