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 ...

When Bonnie Raitt was a young girl, she was enthralled by the power and charisma of such blues and folk greats as John Lee ...

Zena Barrie’s terrain is dotted with the illusory pyramids of self-improvement fads, her audience whichever arbitrary ...

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

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 ...

Written for The Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and cribbing its notes from Frankie Vaughan’s half-forgotten, half-serious tribute to Stockport, each couplet of Sheffield is a high-kicking delight, with ...

Mancunium. Fast forward a few hundred years and research by Adobe Express has named Manchester as the ‘c reative capital of the UK’, highlighting its 111 notable creatives per 100,000 people, ...

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 ...

Blink and you’ve missed it. In the twinkling of an eye, this mayfly of a group show has already gone. In keeping with its title, however, its resonance lingers, the after-effects of its expertly ...

Never one for a grandiose entrance, Ray LaMontagne quietly wanders onto the Apollo stage before a hushed crowd, his face half-concealed under a brimmed hat.. With only his bass player/backing singer ...

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle is one of my favourite places. A proper Northern gem, I keep coming back for its permanent collection, not least Isabella and The Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt ...