There is a painting hanging in Bury Art Museum which, once seen, is never forgotten. It is the heartbreaking scene of a young deer suckling its mother, a trail of bloody footprints in the snow leaving the viewer in no doubt as...
Read MoreSpeaking over the phone from her home in Cornwall, Martha Tilston commences the interview by ushering her two small daughters away. Music is marbled right through Tilston’s family. Her father, Steve Tilston, is himself a...
Read MoreMark Radcliffe’s self-confessed career highlight came in 2006 when he won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes with a suspiciously Cornish-sounding Shane MacGowan. It’s not a bad claim to fame for a Bolton-born DJ,...
Read MoreI once described the Ramsbottom Festival as a “real humdinger”. This came back to haunt me when I spotted the quote on this year’s marketing material. It’s not always a pleasure to have your words...
Read More“I recognise so many faces…and so much clothing,” says singer Simon Nicol, as Fairport Convention settle down on stage and the applause from an expectant full house at the Bury Met dies down. “We’re not a tribute band,” he...
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