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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you should see Count Arthur Strong live on stage – and you definitely should – Stockport Plaza is the perfect place to do so. OK, so the sound system might not quite be up to the standards of a ...

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 ...