Usually, we only know a moment is important after it has passed. We rarely understand the sheer weight of an event while living through it.
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Usually, we only know a moment is important after it has passed. We rarely understand the sheer weight of an event while living through it.
Read MoreThe world of strobes, sticky floors and ecstatic crowds seems a million miles away. In its place is Tier 3, an uncertain arrangement in which already mounting pressures on the nightlife industry have increased.
Read MoreWhen Jessica Toomey, Director of the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, submitted an application for a share of the Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund back in August, she was fairly confident.
Read MorePlayful colours, larger than life characters, and unusual scenarios appear in the work of Steph Leighton, the third artist in our series exploring how Manchester School of Art students reacted to the early months of COVID-19 and lockdown.
Read MoreNot much insight can be gained from looking at the Macclesfield-based producer Two Tail’s Soundcloud profile, aside from the 24 year old’s commendable desire to “make music for your dog”.
Read MoreManny Meekz’s debut EP Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, inhabits a dark world of gritty alienation. The Gorton MC has delivered a project full of sober bravado, compulsive violence and forensic self-examination.
Read MoreMisha Notley presents a photo series exploring electronic dance culture and freedom in Manchester, influenced by 90’s rave culture.
Read MoreThe last few months have seen innumerable upheavals in the cultural sector. Culture was once centred on shared spaces: clubs, galleries, theatres, community buildings and city centres. Memories of such hustle and bustle now seem increasingly distant.
Read MoreBlackpool-natives Boston Manor paint an Orwellian picture with strokes of anger, desperation, and vengeful indignation in their third album, GLUE.
Read MorePassport: Back to Our Roots initiative was devised to support independent grassroots venues that are the lifeblood of the UK music scene.
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