QuietManDave Prize will encourage, discover and celebrate emerging talent The QuiteManDave Prize 2020 is accepting entries of short-form works from aspiring writers. On offer are two £1,000 prizes for Flash Fiction and Flash Non-Fiction – with an additional runner-up prize for each category. The QuietManDave Prize is named in honour of David Murray, a much-loved…
Featured image: Claire de Temmerman One of the joys of listening to music – for me, at least – is interpreting the lyrics and putting your own meaning to them. Some songs are so open-ended that the possibilities are endless. But when I listened to ‘In The Morning’ by Dora Noszkay, a twenty-year old Manchester…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to force people to self-isolate, many of us have had to find new ways to keep ourselves entertained. Media consumption is up across the board with Brits listening to 14% more music, 11% more podcasts and reading up by 19%. In addition to consuming more media, we are also taking…
Amongst the chaos generated by the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much talk in the media of the virus being a ‘great leveller’, meaning that it has placed us all in the same positions within society. The Evening Standard – ‘Disease is a great leveller – and it calls for us all to stand united’, 18th…
Zeth Hex is a Manchester based artist and songwriter who credits bands such as Hole, Babes in Toyland and The Distillers among their influences. His music channels both their ‘ferocity’ and their vulnerable lyricism. ‘Deflowered’, his newest single, is certainly vulnerable – as it is haunting and mournful. Hurt and betrayal are the foundation for…
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