‘In folk horror, the soil beneath our feet is seismically unstable’, writes Hollie Starling in her introduction to Bog People ...

Dancing at Lughnasa, Brian Friel’s poignant play inspired by his own family’s roots in Donegal, is no exception. The best ...

I have always wanted to visit The Modernist. Along the row of stylish windows lining Manchester’s Porter Street, its ...

The first rule about being British is, you don’t talk about it. Like Fight Club. It’s our main characteristic. This is one of ...

Over recent years there have been rumblings of an Ideal revival, possible as a feature film, but for its anniversary it’s ...

There were other Barbie movies. Before the one that didn’t quite live up to the existential dread promised by its trailer, there was an entire parade of them, each an incremental step forward in the ...

Any, Body, Home, the current group show of work by female artists at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, doesn’t make it easy for the visitor. While a significant part of the exhibition is contained ...

“How is it that the world is watching it and not stopping it?” Anwar Hamed’s question, insistent in mid-July when Palestine -1, Comma Press’s new collection of Palestinian writing, was previewed at ...

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 ...

Steady in its ways though it might seem now, as recently as 1866 the River Irwell rose beyond its bounds in Lower Broughton, flooding much of the area including the then recently-instituted Peel Park.

And so to the hottest dining ticket in town, Bangkok Diners Club, upstairs in the Edinburgh Castle pub in Manchester’s Ancoats. It’s a new venture from husband and wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys from ...

It’s July 2025, the hottest day of the year, and I’m clearing out my desk in the OperaWatch office at Northern Soul Towers. After 12 years as Northern Soul’s Opera Correspondent, I’m stepping down.