Featured image: Amber Bermingham June is Pride Month. This month is all about coming together in unison to celebrate queerness and campaigning for equal justice and opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community. As we take to the streets and march, and companies flash the famous rainbow, let’s remember the origins of this movement. Pride Month stemmed…
Featured image: Tracey Slaughter Established in 1978, The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious poetry competitions, which accepts entries from all over the world. Carol Ann Duffy, now Professor of Contemporary Poetry and Creative Director of the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Met, won in 1983 with…
Featured image: Manchester Poetry Library As the weather changed from hail to sunshine for the fifth time that day, prevalent panellists met at the Manchester Poetry Library to discuss how the literary community is responding to the climate emergency. Although this weather is typical for Manchester, it feels slightly ominous when paired with this current…
Featured image: Press Lucy Spraggan has released a new version of her song, ‘Sober’, in collaboration with Robbie Williams. She was a beloved contestant on The X Factor in 2012 and was the first artist in the show’s history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows even aired. Since then,…
Featured image: Aaron Shaw ‘Is This Thing On?’ is a unique debut show, a product of the creative collaboration between Ellie Campbell, Megan Keaveney (MissMatch), and the So La Flair theatre company. Following its debut appearance at Contact Theatre, the show promises to be a memorable experience for those attending the tour across Wigan, Leeds,…
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