Interviews
Aristology is defined as âthe art or science of diningâ. But even though the word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1835, many people still donât know what it involves. Lorraine Worsley-Carter meets Aristologist, Gary Newborough to...
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Author Cate Cullingtonâs debut novel, âThe Stonesâ is a crime thriller where family loyalty, mental fragility, secrets and trust collide. Lorraine Worsley Carter meets her. In your â Note from the Authorâ you say that six months before you wrote the...
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Hope Mill Theatre owners, William Whelton and Joseph Houston reflect on the challenges of Covid 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...
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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...
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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...
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Lorraine Worsley-Carter meets Sarah Emmott, Creative Director of Salford-based arts organisation, Art With Heart, to find out about the companyâs new podcast, BOX TICKERS, a response to the 10th anniversary of the Equality Act 2010. Why is now a...
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I never expected that we would buy a second home abroad and I never expected to write a book about it, but that is the joy of lifeâs journey. As one of my friends commented: âYou have now exorcised the agony and the ecstasy of being a part-time...
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Director, Hazel Roy has worked with Thailand’s Moradokmai Theatre Community for over a decade. Much has changed over that time and, as her recent visit shows, the Community never fails to surprise, creating an irresistible draw that has her...
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Sometime in the mid-1970s I, and about 90% of a fair-sized crowd, got to our feet to applaud and then cheer, not a football match or a âliveâ show, but a film. Whatâs more, this wasnât Hollywood or a West End premiere. This was a matinee at the...
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For every small child, the world is like a pile of jigsaw pieces without a picture showing you how the finished job is meant to look. Worse, than that, whenever you think youâre starting to fit a bit of it together, make sense of it, some adult...
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Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Carmel Thomason
Hazel Roy
Martin Thomasson