For those interested in history and espionage, Antonia Senior’s highly compelling new book, Stalin’s Apostles, is a ...

So near and yet so far. You know that thing where in New York people say you turn a corner and you’re in a completely ...

Ai Weiwei, whose monumental works currently loom large over the hangar-like warehouse space at Manchester’s Factory ...

On a showery Saturday afternoon with the sound of thunder echoing in my ears, I set off to Manchester’s Red Bank to sample ...

There’s an art to parting, a chance to frame the end credits on one’s own terms.

Anyone who has been through Manchester’s Trafford Park will be familiar with Brian Fell’s landmark sculpture Skyhooks which, ...

There’s an episode of the 90s hit comedy Father Ted where the lads on Craggy Island are visited by ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a world brimming with artificial intelligence, the internet is awash with claims that 2026 is the year of ‘going analogue’. But what’s the evidence? Well, sales of physical media have surged (for ...

Manchester Film Festival closes with exactly the right kind of film. Not something inflated for the sake of a finale, but a work that catches hold of one of the festival’s deeper currents. California ...

When Bonnie Raitt was a young girl, she was enthralled by the power and charisma of such blues and folk greats as John Lee Hooker and Sippie Wallace, modelling her own music and guitar-playing on them ...