The Guardians of Living Matter is a sci-fi, speculative exhibition set in the future in 2076,” explains artist Sophy King as ...

It’s hard to square that image with the first sight of Leeds Dock now: crisp lines of glass and steel, clean walkways, water ...

If Hamnet left you feeling devastated, go and see this because it will build you back up. Set in 19th-century Yorubaland and ...

The Coniston Hotel, Country Estate & Spa, Skipton - the Editor of Northern Soul, Helen Nugent, escapes to the country.

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 ...

At just 27, Molly Sellars has already made a name for herself in the fashion world. Her eponymous brand produces outerwear, offering jackets, hats and more. But there is something special about her ...

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 ...

As I explain the plot of The Pied Piper of Hamelin to my 13-year-old niece, I watch her expression turn to horror. “Well, there’s this piper who is asked to rid a town of a rat infestation. He plays ...