Hirst of Manchester publishing house Confingo to thank. On a bright afternoon whose slight chill whispers the coming of Samhain, a packed congregation has gathered to celebrate their matrimony in the ...

Much has been in the ether of what I’m going to insist on calling the New Twenties, crossing ...

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 ...

For the British Textile Biennial 2025, artists and makers filled spaces – which previously, directly or indirectly, powered Lancashire’s cotton industry – with stories of innovation in textile ...

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. “I haven’t done a show for ...

In early 1998, musician and songwriter Mark Tranmer built a makeshift set-up for recording his song ideas at home. Once completed, though, the song was officially titled Between Two Points. The ...

‘In folk horror, the soil beneath our feet is seismically unstable’, writes Hollie Starling in her introduction to Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror. What a prescient collection ...

The likely audience for this review, as for the Everyman’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto itself, broadly falls into two categories: regulars who want reassurance that it’s festive business as usual, and ...

In a world brimming with artificial intelligence, the internet is awash with claims that 2026 is the year of ‘going analogue’. But what’s the evidence? Well, sales of physical media have surged (for ...