Sorry, I’m chugging Lemsip here.” Jenn Ashworth excuses herself a matter of minutes into our Friday afternoon call. She’s ...

In the case of Supermedium, a tale of two sensibilities currently being told at Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery, you can ...

In a manner of speaking, this is where it all began.

It’s apt, then, that Peter Ormerod’s book of his life and works, David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, divining ...

On occasion, archives have a bad reputation. Some people think of them as dusty places filled with boring bureaucratic ...

The roots of Little Shop of Horrors are long and deep: it’s an oft-revived stage musical, freely adapted from a cult classic ...

As we approach the end of 2025, we’re looking back at the things that have brought us immense comfort during the year. For the team at Northern Soul, books were once again a source of great joy, and ...

For anyone wondering whether there is any humanity left in this troubled world, I am delighted to confirm that there is – I have just found it in the form of Flapjack Press’s new release, The First ...

A new exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle celebrates the life and work of local artist and curator, Nerys Johnson. The exhibition explores Johnson’s lived experience of rheumatoid ...

Relax. You know the song. And you probably know the band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But can you recall who sang lead vocals on the 1984 track? Top pop points if your answer was Holly Johnson, the ...

Cotton twists its way through the North. Here, fibres and patterns are embedded in the surfaces and stories that create social fabric and identity. And they can be found, woven delicately, into the ...

There’s an episode of the 90s hit comedy Father Ted where the lads on Craggy Island are visited by Father Damian Lennon, a young Dublin priest and pound-shop Liam Gallagher, who you know is rebellious ...