Martin ThomassonMy mum’s Auntie Nora and her husband, Uncle Ben, really, really loved each other. However, their deep and enduring mutual affection might not have been immediately obvious to anyone just listening in. I called round once, unexpectedly, just after...
Carmel ThomasonThe Lowry is planning a major online exhibition, Days Like These, exploring the experiences of people living in Salford during the coronavirus lockdown. The art’s centre is calling for Salford residents to share their experiences of COVID-19 via...
The first place we lived in after I was born was an ancient stone cottage, with walls four feet thick, property of the printing and dyeing factory in Bradshaw, where my dad worked at the time. I was not quite three-years-old when the factory closed...
Lorraine Worsley-CarterMe and Our Kid, Mick and Tim Coleman, tell Lorraine Worsely-Carter the story behind Mick’s Number One hit single, Match-stalk Cats and Dogs, with Brian and Michael, that had everyone singing about Salford artist, L.S. Lowry. There are songs...
There was a time when every bus ride was a job for two people. The driver had his own separate cabin and his own personal door to climb in through, with a single inset step (almost like a stirrup) to help him mount his steed. The other member of the...
To the Stars is an uplifting coming-of-age story from the producers of It Follows and Midnight Special. Martin Thomasson reviews: Small town Oklahoma at the dawn of the 1960s; no place for a wild child, no place for anybody with dreams they hope...
Set in a Leeds of the near future, “The Good Book’ directed by Brett Chapman with a script by James Phillips, tells the story of a community beset by fear and suspicion. A young woman called Bear, having had visions that society needed to return to...
Lorraine Worsely-Carter discovers the hidden heritage of France’s famous booze-run destination Boulogne -sur-Mer When I have mentioned to friends and colleagues that we were about to spend a weekend in Boulogne -sur-Mer, in Northern France, I...
Moses Kabunga“Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” – this is the mantra writ large on a daily basis. Little did George Romero’s understated B-Movie offering or Animating the Dog’s stage adaptation know that the viral nightmare-ish events that are foretold...
Lorraine Worsley Carter spends 48 hours in Sweden’s cool capital, Stockholm One person’s ‘cool’ is another person’s eye roll, perception is no doubt the key.Our idea of cool culture on our 48-hour visit to Stockholm, was as diverse as can be...