With the Covid vaccine providing light at the end of the long pandemic tunnel, travel lovers can start adding to that bucket-list again by making plans for a much-needed vacation. Egypt has long been a popular destination for holiday makers looking...
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DJ and live event host, Tom Finkill has been connecting communities during Covid with his weekly quiz, Never Gonna Quiz You Up. He talks to Carmel Thomason about adapting to a year of virtual events and why quizzes are bringing families together...
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What Does the Future Sound Like? is a series of digital films, from Manchester Jewish Museum, celebrating the diversity of Jewish music, with a unique insight into women redefining the UK Jewish music scene today. Carmel Thomason talks to...
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Aristology is defined as “the art or science of dining”. But even though the word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1835, many people still don’t know what it involves. Lorraine Worsley-Carter meets Aristologist, Gary Newborough to...
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Author Cate Cullington’s debut novel, ‘The Stones’ is a crime thriller where family loyalty, mental fragility, secrets and trust collide. Lorraine Worsley Carter meets her. In your ‘ Note from the Author’ you say that six months before you wrote the...
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As Hope Mill Theatre’s Executive Director William Whelton observes in his programme notes, the journey to bring their production of Rent to the stage has been a difficult one. Originally scheduled for performance in the summer, national lockdown and...
Hope Mill Theatre owners, William Whelton and Joseph Houston reflect on the challenges of 2020 for the theatre and their excitement at bringing a brand new production of RENT to audiences both live and online. Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester was one...
One day in June, taking advantage of the ease of lockdown, we decided to have a day out in Thornton Cleveleys. We took a wrong turn and found we were actually heading for Fleetwood and so decided to visit. I would expect that most Northerners...
Six the Musical makes history again as it becomes the first West End musical to resume performances since lockdown. Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s histore-mix look at Henry VIII’s wives has become a global phenomenon since its early days as a student...
Hayley Smith gives her top tips for novice runners and finds Salford Quays a wonderful place to start. I am not a natural born runner. In fact, I didn’t believe I was a natural born exerciser for many years (thank you, school PE lessons) – then, out...
Music in Mind is Manchester Camerata’s pioneering music therapy project for people with dementia. Carmel Thomason talks to musician, Naomi Atherton to find out how the programme has adapted online during the pandemic, providing emergency...
Following a sell-out debut tour in 2019, Britain’s Got Talent winner, Lee Ridley – aka Lost Voice Guy – has a brand new show for 2021, Cerebral LOL-sy. He talks to Carmel Thomason about life during Covid and looking forward to...
Carmel Thomason
Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Georgina Wells
Martin Thomasson
Hayley Smith
Hazel Roy
