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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.

Walking into How I Am Monument feels like entering the excavation site of a 21st-century technocratic pharaoh. In the soft golden light, mud and bronze sculptures are backlit by expansive screens ...

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 ...

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I don’t remember The Bollweevils. An assiduous reader of the music press, for all that both the New Musical Express and Smash Hits were by then in decline, my attention was probably elsewhere as the ...

It’s certainly easy to see why Boys from the Blackstuff has been adapted for the stage. Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 TV serial made an almighty impact and is still remembered today as a vivid portrait of ...

Beyond its spotlight on the first person, autobiography has the power to illuminate more widely, extending in the process an invitation to empathy. Sarah Roberts’ meticulous installation SICK presents ...

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 ...