Between the start of World War One and the end of World War Two, an estimated 90-100 million people died as a result of the ...

The story is still told locally of how Halifax’s astonishing Piece Hall, the 18th century Italianate piazza in the heart of the town originally built for trading cloth pieces, was very nearly ...

The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical is at HOME, Manchester until February 21, 2026. For more information, click ...

It’s a pleasure to see four northern actresses – Victoria Brazier, Polly Lister, Helen Flanagan and Vicky Binns – playing lead roles in this dark, funny comedy at Bolton Octagon. The Memory of Water, ...

We walk past carefully dimmed walls hung with the celebrated Lowrys of years gone by and emerge into the bright lights of a distant, possible future. “The Guardians of Living Matter is a sci-fi, ...

It was in Manchester, at a regional meeting called by The Society of Authors at a centre down near Oxford Road station. The event had been useful – authors tend to work in isolation, so it’s helpful ...

Inherently contrary, the North is resistant to many things: clothing proportionate to its climate, walking on escalators, the self-regard of the South. Above all, it is resistant to definition. The ...

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 ...

When I was a teenager and discovered poetry, I dreamed that, one day, I would run the first poetry-only bargain bookshop. I was going to call it ‘Ezra Poundland’. Sadly, despite my love of a good pun, ...

Lost Souls, the debut album by Cheshire trio Doves, was released 25 years ago. That quarter of a century has been a hell of a ride for the band, made up of brothers Andy and Jez Williams and frontman ...

Returning to Manchester’s O2 Ritz after more than two decades carries its own charge. The street is famous now, polished by memory and tourism, but once felt darker, riskier, electric with possibility ...

Scour the country. Nay, the universe. Pay what you will and marvel at the exquisite professionalism and expensive production values of the priciest extravaganza. You will not find a Christmas show ...