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...
“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...
Manchester Art Gallery has been at the heart of city’s cultural scene for 200 years.And while its doors may be closed to the public, staff are working hard behind the scenes to provide digital access to its collection, with related creative...
Greater Manchester based artists and creatives can access funding to create and test new ideas thanks to a new scheme launched by Manchester International Festival (MIF). Livelihoods of people working in the creative sector have, like the wider...
The Lowry arts centre in Salford Quays has launched a new fund to help the organisation through the current Coronavirus crisis. The Futures Fund aims to ensure the venue’s financial stability and enable it to continue to support the local...
In difficult times we can all do with a laugh to lighten our spirits. And the Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is offering £10,000 for a winning comedy script. The competition, now in its fourth year, is the second largest national playwriting...
Radioactive is the Directorial brain child of Iranian-French filmmaker, Marjane Satrapi, known for her Oscar nomination for the 2007 phenomenon, Persepolis. It charts the life of Marie Curie (neé Marie Sklodowska). Marjane Satrapi didn’t appear to...
‘Calm With Horses’, a project four years in the making, is a brooding crime drama, that fully deserves to gain cult status. The film is based on a short story from Colin Barrett’s ‘Young Skins’ collection; it caught Director Nick Rowland’s eye on...










