Once upon a Victorian time, Manchester was a city of cotton mills. Viewed from the lush surrounding countryside, it must have looked like a kingdom of smoke, an infinite belch of chimneys, unsightly, uncivilised and...
Read MoreAs a keen photographer and art lover, I’ve often asked myself which of the two I prefer. By art, of course, I mean painting, though photography, as a form of visual expression, is undoubtedly an art form and is apt to give as...
Read MoreOn a recent trip to Manchester Art Gallery, it struck me how little attention the gallery draws to the more famous names who populate its permanent collection. Is it, I wondered, a result of that natural reticence responsible...
Read MoreThere’s a strong sense of commemoration about All That is Solid Melts into Air, the latest Hayward Touring exhibition currently showing at Manchester Art Gallery. Curated by 2004 Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller, it’s a large...
Read MoreTo write about Emily Barker and & The Red Clay Halo is to dispense with the measured use of superlatives. The band, comprising Emily Barker (guitars, lead vocals), Gill Sandell (keyboards, flute, accordion), Jo Silverston...
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