Adam Farrer, author of Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures, listens patiently and nods. I’m interviewing him about his ...

Looking Up, a loop of Pat Flynn’s CGI-animated shorts, ran to mark the opening of Wonderful Electric, the new digital ...

The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955–1985 is at John Rylands Research Institute and Library until November 15, 2025. For more ...

Bernard Ginns. Bernard Ginns is a director of www.branksomepartners.com, a communications advisory firm based in the North of England. He is Visiting Fellow of Journalism at Leeds Business School and ...

When Yorkshire-born Kieran Hodgson joined the cast of BBC Scotland’s hit comedy series Two Doors Down, he decided to go “all in” and relocate with his partner to Glasgow.. The move north of the border ...

Many actors have tried their hand in music, to which countless, ill-advised cover albums testify. It’s less common to move into the world of novel writing, but that’s exactly what Richard Armitage has ...

During lockdown, retail manager Aiden Ryan wanted to use his time constructively. Armed with only a whisk and a dream, first-time baker Ryan decided to try his hand at cake-making with a view to ...

All that has led to the opening of Mura Ma, a new art space in Marple, Stockport. Rather than a city location, it’s a local one with a strong community spirit, a few art lovers tucked away, and some ...

Full disclosure: my mother’s family had a wonderful old copy of Alice in Wonderland with the original John Tenniel illustrations. I found it so terrifying that it threw me into hysterics every time I ...

I took a leap of faith going to Underneath the Stars festival. For a weekend, I was a Manc in Yorkshire on my own. I’ve never done a festival solo but, after two amazing days, I’d thoroughly recommend ...

Isherwood, who has been head of music at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) since 2001, wrote Cry Baby for singers Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey. After endless amounts of tweaking, the ...

The John Moores Painting Prize brings together the best in contemporary British painting.. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool is currently closed and so the biennial John ...