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

“‘I think you’ll be very moved,” said the press officer.

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Dear England is at Lowry in Salford until June 29, 2025. For more information, click here .

Sheeran had elected to perform in the open-sided circus top that is the New Music stage because he’s already played Radio 1’s ...

There was chanting on Mersey waterfront. Chanting and stomping of feet.

The walk from Newcastle train station to the Baltic was a balmy meander by the River Tyne laced with foaming cherry blossom and a chorus of gulls. It was my first visit to this former flour mill, but ...

Up beyond the old Lancashire mill towns of Nelson and Barrowford is a simple single-storey clubhouse. It is an extraordinary survivor, the last Clarion House of its kind in Britain, part of an ...

Manchester’s comedy scene is thriving, with new nights springing up all the time. What’s remarkable, though, is that one city centre comedy night is fast approaching its 30 th anniversary, and many ...

Moving house is a bag of mixed emotions. There’s the anticipation of a fresh start, the lure of unfamiliar surroundings, and a chance to make your mark on a new home. But if you loved your previous ...

The act of writing is by nature a solitary one. It’s also – and here I must ask for your forgiveness for what follows – an endeavour all too ripe for metaphor. In many ways, the writer is a perennial ...

She was lauded as an exceptional painter. Now a new exhibition highlights something entirely different: rag rugs. Tullie House in Carlisle is hosting Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs. Revealing ...